20.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Federal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.2% of people in Federal volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers here, a rate that is 6.1 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Federal, with 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 30.8% of residents also provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas.
12.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having served, which is slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31025/federal/topic/community