16.1% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Everton Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Everton Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Everton Hills provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high rate of family support is a key feature of the local community, alongside a strong presence of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here, with 33.8% of people helping out, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, the proportions of people providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are about the same as the state and national figures.
11.4% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 high number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 7.4%, this is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Everton Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31011/everton-hills/topic/community