22.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cedar Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Cedar Pocket than in the rest of the country. While the national figure is 14.1%, more than one in five people here give their time to help others, marking a significant gap compared to Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.2% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid (22.6%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.7%) are both lower than the state and national figures.
9.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30570/cedar-pocket/topic/community