16.9% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane Inner City · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Brisbane Inner City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering define Brisbane Inner City compared to most other areas. While 16.9% of people give their time to help others, far fewer residents are involved in unpaid care or housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 16.9% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this has fallen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Those caring for children (20.6%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.3%) are both well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
9.0% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 57% 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 Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/305/brisbane-inner-city/topic/community