21.3% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sherwood - Indooroopilly · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Sherwood - Indooroopilly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Sherwood - Indooroopilly since 2011, though 21.3% of residents still give their time to the community. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area shows a strong trend of community involvement despite a recent decline in volunteer numbers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above both the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%, though it fell by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are less common here than in most areas. While the number of people caring for children, doing housework, or providing general unpaid care has risen since 2011, these figures remain a little below the state and national averages.
10.2% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Sherwood - Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30403/sherwood-indooroopilly/topic/community