24.8% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4728, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4728, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people volunteer in postcode 4728, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community help is paired with a strong culture of family support, where many residents provide unpaid care for children and others in their lives.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. However, this figure has fallen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 32.7% of people caring for children, a rate well above the national figure of 26.3%. While those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 23.0%, the number of people providing general unpaid care rose since 2011 to 13.9%.
13.9% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 64% 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 4728, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4728/4728-qld/topic/community