8.2% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crestmead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crestmead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Crestmead and the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. While 30.5% of people here provide unpaid childcare, only 8.2% of residents volunteer their time for the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.2% of people helping out. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children unpaid is very common, with 30.5% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 17.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than the 20.7% seen across Australia.
12.1% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
Only 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Crestmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30750/crestmead/topic/community