14.2% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane - North · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Brisbane - North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Brisbane - North involves a strong commitment to family and country. While volunteering has dipped, the area has a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force. Roughly 28% of residents spend their time caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national average, 27.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare. Meanwhile, 11.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 4% of the population. This is much higher than most other areas and is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 80% of region (sa4) 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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/302/brisbane-north/topic/community