13.1% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Christmas Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Christmas Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Christmas Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This is the most striking feature of local community life, where a high proportion of residents manage domestic work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—matching the national figure—only 8.2% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the state and national averages.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 37.7%
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 service is common here, with 9.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, a rate well above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
9.1%
Higher than 94% 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 Christmas Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30605/christmas-creek/topic/community