20.6% —
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4704, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4704, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in postcode 4704 volunteer their time, reflecting a strong culture of helping others. This community is far more active in unpaid care and volunteering than the national average. While fewer people here look after children for free, many more spend their time on housework and caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Queensland and Australia. This tendency to give back has grown, rising 2.0 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 21.6% of people doing so, which is far above the state average. This includes a high 28.4% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, though the 20.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
21.6% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% —
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in 4704, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4704/4704-qld/topic/community