21.8% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chapel Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chapel Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Chapel Hill get involved in their community than in most similar areas. This is a place where 21.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of people here volunteer their time, a rate that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 34% of people caring for children and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.4% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.4% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A higher than usual 3.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30580/chapel-hill/topic/community