19.6% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crossroads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crossroads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Crossroads provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area shows a strong tendency toward unpaid care and community support. While many residents help others, there is almost no history of military service here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Crossroads, with 17.4% of people providing this support and 35.9% caring for children, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 21.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
17.4% ▲ +60.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +53.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Crossroads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30756/crossroads/topic/community