13.2% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Childers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of veterans is a standout feature of Childers, where 5.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here than in the state or nation, other forms of community contribution and unpaid care are generally lower than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most other similar areas and just slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, at 16.6%, which is well below the Queensland average of 26.5%. However, providing other types of unpaid care is more common, with 12.3% of residents doing so, a figure about the same as the national average.
12.3% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Military service is quite common in Childers, with 5.3% of residents having served. This is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30600/childers/topic/community