17.8% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chevallum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chevallum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of residents in Chevallum spend significant time on unpaid housework, reflecting a community deeply tied to home and family care. This local commitment to care extends into the wider community, with volunteering rates well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 14.6% of people providing care and 32.9% looking after children unpaid, both of which are well above national figures. This is consistent with the 30.8% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national 20.7%.
14.6% ▲ +105.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 much higher proportion of people than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of residents having this experience.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Chevallum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30598/chevallum/topic/community