16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Finnie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Finnie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of Finnie residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This level of domestic activity is a defining feature of the area, alongside a strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A little more than 16% of people here volunteer, which is slightly higher than the 14.1% recorded across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.8% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the state average—the share of people caring for children is well below the national figure at 19.7%.
14.8% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Finnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31040/finnie/topic/community