18.7% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edge Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edge Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Edge Hill volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as a key feature of the area. Other forms of participation, such as unpaid care and defence service, are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 26.2%, but the 9.8% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.8% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Edge Hill have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30941/edge-hill/topic/community