16.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4800, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4800, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in postcode 4800 provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents help out at home and in the community, the number of local volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering sits at 16.6%, which is a little above the state and national figures of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 20.1% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Roughly 24% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare is also common at 26%, though this has fallen since 2011, while the proportion of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly to 11.5%.
11.5% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of residents having served. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 4800, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4800/4800-qld/topic/community