10.6% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drewvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drewvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 37.2% of people in Drewvale provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While family care is very common here, other forms of community involvement are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has some of the highest rates of unpaid childcare at this level, though the 9.1% who provide other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.1% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.2% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30877/drewvale/topic/community