12.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eureka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of unpaid care than the national figure defines the community in Eureka. While 17% of residents provide unpaid care, volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. This creates a distinct pattern where local support is focused more on the home than on formal community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 12.4% of people helping out. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Eureka, where 31.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with unpaid care, which is well above the national average at 17%, although those caring for children are well below the national figure at 21.1%.
17.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31001/eureka/topic/community