24.3% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Draper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Draper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Draper give their time to volunteering, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people pitching in, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 32.6% of residents care for children and 27.4% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, only 10.6% provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
10.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Draper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30875/draper/topic/community