14.9% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Applethorpe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Applethorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 23% of residents in Applethorpe provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the most common activities in this community participation profile. While few people volunteer compared to other areas, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members and those providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas but roughly the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing this support, a little above the national figure. This includes 24.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen across the state.
13.6% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4% of residents having served, slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Applethorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30069/applethorpe/topic/community