13.8% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eight Mile Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eight Mile Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 13.8% of people in Eight Mile Plains volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national rates. Most residents engage in community life through family care and household duties rather than formal service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 13.8% of residents giving their time. This is roughly the same as the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 10.3% of residents providing general unpaid care is a little below the state and national averages.
10.3% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 less common in Eight Mile Plains than in most similar areas. Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.7%
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 Eight Mile Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30950/eight-mile-plains/topic/community