19.2% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4861, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4861, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five percentage points more people volunteer in postcode 4861 than in the state or national average. While 19.2% of the community gives their time, this is a drop from 2011. The area also sees a higher-than-usual number of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figures for both Queensland and Australia. However, this rate has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.5% of people doing so. In contrast, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than the national figure, sitting at 23.3%.
13.5% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 4.2% of the population having served.
4.2%
Higher than 80% 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 4861, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4861/4861-qld/topic/community