22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flying Fox · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flying Fox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 35% of people in Flying Fox spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through volunteering and family care, though very few residents have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a big part of life; 35.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. While housework rates are among the highest, only 5.6% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the national average.
5.6% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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 Flying Fox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31058/flying-fox/topic/community