10.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge take on unpaid community or home roles compared to most other areas. Only 10.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This trend is part of a broader pattern in the area where unpaid care and housework are less common than elsewhere in the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 10.3% of people helping out. This figure has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011 and sits well below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work at home is much lower than usual, with only 15.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 22.6% caring for children. While these figures are well below the national average, the number of people providing general unpaid care rose slightly to 11.0% since 2011.
11.0% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 less common here than in most other areas. About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 63% 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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051076/rocklea-acacia-ridge/topic/community