19.6% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highfields · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Highfields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Highfields are volunteering and caring for children than they were in 2011, though levels remain high. Nearly one in five residents still volunteer their time, and the area has a very strong history of Defence Force service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011 to 19.6%. Despite this drop, this figure is still well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children and 26.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Meanwhile, the share of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly since 2011 to 13.5%.
13.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 very high in Highfields, where 8.0% of people have served. This is well above the 3.9% for Queensland and more than double the Australian average of 2.8%.
8.0%
Higher than 99% 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 Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011450/highfields/topic/community