30.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Felton South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Felton South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Felton South volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others. It is a place where residents are much more likely to help out in their community and at home than people in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high here, with 30.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 20.3% of people provide care for others, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. This is consistent with the 33.9% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is also well above the national figure.
20.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Felton South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31027/felton-south/topic/community