14.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Butchers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Butchers Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 6% of residents in Butchers Creek have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas. Daily life here involves high levels of unpaid domestic work and childcare, though formal volunteering is less common than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 29.9% of people caring for children and 28.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. However, only 7.5% provide unpaid care for others, which is much lower than most areas.
7.5% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 notably common in this community, with 6.6% of people having served, a figure well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Butchers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30462/butchers-creek/topic/community