10.4% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croftby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croftby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents give their time to volunteer work in Croftby, where only 10.4% of people do so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is low, a high proportion of the community spends significant time on unpaid chores at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people in Croftby volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Conversely, those caring for children unpaid are much fewer than in most areas, at 19.1%.
10.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 32.2%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national average.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Croftby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30752/croftby/topic/community