18.0% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ferny Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ferny Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong commitment to helping others shapes daily life in Ferny Grove, where 18% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where residents are more likely to give their time to others than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of people here volunteer their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.9% of people caring for children—a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside 14.3% of residents providing other unpaid care and 24.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.3% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
Service to the country is very prominent in Ferny Grove, where 8.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the figures for Queensland (3.9%) and Australia (2.8%).
8.1%
Higher than 92% 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 Ferny Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31032/ferny-grove/topic/community