13.5% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Brisbane City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in Brisbane City than they were in 2011, though these levels remain very low overall. This area sees far fewer residents performing unpaid housework or childcare compared to the rest of the state and nation. While community care has ticked up, the number of volunteers has slightly fallen over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a small drop from 2011, when 15% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 10.2% of people caring for children and 9.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are far below the national averages, though both rose slightly since 2011.
5.9% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.2% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.7% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 less common in this area than in most others, with 2.2% of the population having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 67% 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 Brisbane City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305011105/brisbane-city/topic/community