24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brush Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brush Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Brush Creek volunteer their time compared to most other areas. About 24.2% of the population helps out in their community, which is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 24.2% of people here volunteer, a rate that is 10 percentage points higher than the typical person across Australia or Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside 27.3% of residents providing unpaid child care, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Brush Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30397/brush-creek/topic/community