17.6% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Centenary Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Centenary Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 4% of people in Centenary Heights have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. This community also shows a strong commitment to helping others through high rates of volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people pitching in, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. Unpaid care for others is also slightly more common here than the national figure, while 22.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 high in this area, with 4.3% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Centenary Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30574/centenary-heights/topic/community