12.9% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redcliffe · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Redcliffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Redcliffe are volunteering and caring for children than they were in 2011. While 12.9% of the community now volunteer, this is a drop of 3.8 percentage points over the decade. Other forms of community support remain common, particularly for those providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 13.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas and rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid fell to 23.7%, a figure a little below the Queensland average.
13.5% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 4.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 87% 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 Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31305/redcliffe/topic/community