8.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cypress Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cypress Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Cypress Gardens contribute through unpaid work or volunteering compared to other areas. Only 8.9% of residents volunteer, and the number of people providing unpaid care is also much lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.9% of the community volunteers, which is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.9% of people providing care and 12.2% caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. This also explains why only 18.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework.
8.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
A striking 6.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Cypress Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30782/cypress-gardens/topic/community