20.9% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auchenflower · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Auchenflower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21% of residents in Auchenflower volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While the community is very active in volunteering, it has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.9% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when 23.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 19.6% of people care for children unpaid, and 16.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.2% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
About 2.8% of people in Auchenflower have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 50% 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 Auchenflower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305041133/auchenflower/topic/community