9.8% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cedar Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.8% of people volunteer in Cedar Grove, a figure that is well below the national average. While formal volunteering is low, many residents are active at home, with nearly 30% providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 9.8%, the rate is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 29.2% of people caring for children—a little above the national figure. Around 23.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, while 12.8% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
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 Cedar Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30569/cedar-grove/topic/community