17.3% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ferny Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ferny Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Ferny Hills provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work and service, with a notably high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents are volunteers. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.9% of people caring for children, a rate much higher than most areas. Additionally, 24.8% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 12.5% provide other unpaid care.
12.5% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 larger share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 6.3%, this is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31033/ferny-hills/topic/community