10.7% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chermside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chermside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Chermside contribute through unpaid work and volunteering compared to most other areas. Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends to unpaid care and housework, though the area has a higher proportion of Defence Force veterans than most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.7% of people pitching in. This is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas. Only 17.6% of people care for children unpaid and 14.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
8.9% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Force veterans make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30593/chermside/topic/community