11.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alexandra Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alexandra Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Alexandra Hills provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While the area has a strong history of military service, it sees much lower rates of general volunteering than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.8% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 12.9% provide other unpaid care, while 21.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served in the force.
3.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality 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 Alexandra Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30031/alexandra-hills/topic/community