14.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaforth - Calen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Seaforth - Calen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Seaforth - Calen put in 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a much higher rate than most other areas, although the number of residents providing unpaid care for others is lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of the community volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This rate has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 25.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (24.5%) and those providing general unpaid care (11.5%) are lower than most areas.
11.5% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.2% of residents having done so. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Seaforth - Calen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021353/seaforth-calen/topic/community