25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cressbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cressbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the people in Cressbrook now volunteer, a figure that has grown and is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out against a lower-than-usual rate of unpaid childcare in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, at 20.8%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the state and national rates at 11.5%.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Cressbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30748/cressbrook/topic/community