5.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4713, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4713, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 36.2% of people in postcode 4713 provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are much lower than across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Queensland figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very high at 36.2%, though only 10.4% of people provide other forms of unpaid care. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework is far below the national figure at just 5.3%.
10.4% ▲ +79.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.3% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 89% 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 4713, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4713/4713-qld/topic/community