14.7% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 50% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane - South · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Brisbane - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for most activities, Brisbane - South has a community profile that closely mirrors state and national figures. While 14.7% of people volunteer, the area has a notably low proportion of Defence Force veterans compared to other regions. These figures paint a picture of a typical urban community with steady, long-term patterns of unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Brisbane - South volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.5% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 27.7% of people providing this support—a little above the national figure. In contrast, this area is lower than most for people doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.3%) and those providing other forms of unpaid care (10.7%).
10.7% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Only 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Queensland average.
2.2%
Lower than 75% 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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/303/brisbane-south/topic/community