9.4% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Regents Park - Heritage Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Regents Park - Heritage Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped since 2011 in Regents Park - Heritage Park, where only 9.4% of people now give their time to others. This decline in volunteering sits alongside a high number of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% recorded for Queensland and Australia. This is a much lower rate than most other areas and has fallen 3.1 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32.3% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.8% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
11.8% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 common at a rate of 2.5%, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 59% 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 Regents Park - Heritage Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031319/regents-park-heritage-park/topic/community