16.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elaman Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elaman Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Elaman Creek than in the rest of the state. This area shows a strong tendency toward helping others, with 20% of residents providing unpaid care—a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20% of people providing care and 28.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above national figures. However, the 22.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Elaman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30954/elaman-creek/topic/community