25.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chelmsford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chelmsford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Chelmsford, where 25.3% of people give their time to help others. This strong spirit of contribution is matched by high levels of unpaid care and a significant number of former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.3% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Chelmsford handle unpaid work than in most areas, with 30.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This high level of domestic work is seen alongside a much higher rate of unpaid caregiving (15.8%) compared to the national figure of 11.9%.
15.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
The area has one of the highest proportions of veterans at this level, with 8.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% average for Australia.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Chelmsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30589/chelmsford/topic/community