15.2% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane Inner · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Brisbane Inner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care in Brisbane Inner compared to the rest of the country. While 15.2% of residents volunteer, the area is most notable for having rates of unpaid childcare and housework that are well below state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when 19.1% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere; only 14.2% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (11.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (7.5%) are both well below state and national levels.
7.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.2% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 lower than in most areas, with 2.3% of residents having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Brisbane Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30501/brisbane-inner/topic/community