18.6% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Evelyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Evelyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual contribute their time to others in Evelyn, where unpaid work and volunteering are common parts of daily life. A striking 31.6% of residents spend 15 hours or more each week on housework, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people giving their time, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 16.4% provide unpaid care and 31.6% do heavy housework, both figures being well above the national average. In contrast, the 20.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.4% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Evelyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31009/evelyn/topic/community