5.7% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East End · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East End
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 5.7% of people in East End volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in the unpaid care statistics, where the area sits far below state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.6% of people providing care and just 11.4% caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national average. However, 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, slightly above the 20.7% figure for Australia.
8.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 East End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30923/east-end/topic/community