13.1% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4860, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4860, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in postcode 4860 spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is the most common form of community contribution here, though the area generally sees lower rates of volunteering and childcare than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have fallen to 13.1% since 2011, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 22.4%, and the proportion of people doing heavy housework fell to 21.2% over the last decade. Meanwhile, the share of people providing some form of unpaid care has barely changed since 2011, sitting at 12.0%.
12.0% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 proportion of residents than most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of the population having held a service role.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 4860, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4860/4860-qld/topic/community