18.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Colinton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Colinton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than seven times the national rate of former service members live in Colinton, where 7.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. This area shows a strong spirit of service and a high rate of volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid care or look after children than in most areas, a higher than usual 25.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Colinton has one of the highest proportions of Defence Force veterans for its area, with 7.5% of people having served, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Colinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30648/colinton/topic/community