23.2% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cedar Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Cedar Creek provide unpaid childcare, marking it as a place with very high levels of family and community support. This strong spirit of helping out is seen across the board, with volunteering and unpaid housework rates well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.2% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 34.6% care for children and 29.8% spend 15 or more hours on housework weekly. Both figures are much higher than in most areas. Additionally, 14.4% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
14.4% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 4.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
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 Cedar Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30568/cedar-creek/topic/community