9.3% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redbank Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Redbank Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Redbank Plains provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are lower, with volunteering falling significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% figure for Queensland and Australia. This is a downward trend, as volunteering fell 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 33.4% of people involved, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.8% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
11.8% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for its level and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 54% 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 Redbank Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310041302/redbank-plains/topic/community