13.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brisbane City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A tiny fraction of the 5.6% of people providing unpaid care describes the community spirit in Brisbane City. This area has some of the lowest rates of unpaid care and housework in the region, reflecting a population far less likely to be managing home and family duties than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 9.8% of people care for children and 9.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures of around 20% to 26%.
5.6% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.8% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.6% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Brisbane City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30379/brisbane-city/topic/community