18.1% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Felton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Felton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Felton now volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This level of community involvement defines the area, even though unpaid care and military service are less common than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid are fewer here than in most other areas.
11.5% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Felton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31026/felton/topic/community