10.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairymead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fairymead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people get involved in unpaid work and volunteering in Fairymead than in most other areas. Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 10.7% of people helping out, well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, the area has much lower rates of unpaid housework and childcare compared to most other places.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Fairymead has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and 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 Fairymead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31018/fairymead/topic/community