8.9% ▼ -52.8%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4743, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4743, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.6% of people in postcode 4743 provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. This figure is about the same as the state and national figures, though other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are much less common in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in postcode 4743, falling 10 percentage points since 2011 to 8.9%. This is now well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 5.1% of residents provide unpaid care and 12.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures. The number of people providing unpaid childcare has also fallen 21 points since 2011 to 25.6%.
5.1% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
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.
Defence service is uncommon here, with 2.0% of the population having served. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 74% 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 4743, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4743/4743-qld/topic/community