14.3% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sheldon - Mount Cotton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Sheldon - Mount Cotton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Sheldon - Mount Cotton provide unpaid care for children than the state or national average. While 36.7% of residents look after children without pay, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.3% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a decrease from 2011, when the rate was 18.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 24.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care rose to 12.6% since 2011.
12.6% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
Defence service is more common than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
3.2%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Sheldon - Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021011/sheldon-mount-cotton/topic/community