13.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Trinity · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Trinity
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines daily life in East Trinity, where many residents support others in their spare time. While overall volunteering is similar to national levels, the area stands out for its high proportion of people providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.4% of people providing help—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is unusual given that the area has far fewer people caring for children unpaid (19.8%) or doing heavy housework (15.9%) than most other places.
16.4% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.8% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
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 East Trinity [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30934/east-trinity/topic/community