14.7% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4855, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4855, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower than most areas for volunteering, postcode 4855 shows a general decline in community and home-based activity. Only 14.7% of people volunteer here, a figure that has dropped significantly since 2011. Unpaid care for children is also much lower than in other similar parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 6.7 percentage points since 2011, with 14.7% of residents now giving their time. This is lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 20.8%. Meanwhile, 13.1% of people provide unpaid care and 22.6% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are a little above the Queensland average.
13.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure and just a little below the Queensland average.
2.8%
Lower than 53% 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 4855, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4855/4855-qld/topic/community