16.7% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Annerley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Annerley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people spend their spare time helping others than in most parts of the country, with 16.7% of Annerley residents volunteering. While community spirit is high, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9% providing care and 20.2% looking after children. This is well below the national figure, and only 14.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
9.0% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Annerley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30064/annerley/topic/community