12.1% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathpine · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Strathpine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Strathpine compared to most other areas. While 30.0% of residents look after children without pay, the number of people volunteering for community groups has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Strathpine volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 16.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.0% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. More people also provide general unpaid care (12.7%) compared to most areas, while 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.7% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 more common here than in most other areas. Around 4.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Strathpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31403/strathpine/topic/community