18.5% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cecil Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cecil Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has remained a strong part of life in Cecil Plains, with 18.5% of people giving their time. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures. While few residents are involved in unpaid childcare, others contribute through general care and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people volunteer here, a rate of 18.5% that is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 22.9%. Meanwhile, 12.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Queensland average.
12.5% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Cecil Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30566/cecil-plains/topic/community