11.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4798, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4798, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over one in five people in postcode 4798 provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. However, the area generally sees much lower levels of unpaid work and volunteering compared to most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with 11.4% of people pitching in. This figure is a little below the national level of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas across the board. Only 20.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework have also fallen to 19.5%.
10.1% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 2.3%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 67% 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 4798, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4798/4798-qld/topic/community