29.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fordsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fordsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement than most similar areas define Fordsdale, where nearly 30% of people volunteer. This spirit of service is matched by a strong history of military duty and a high proportion of residents providing unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.5% of people in Fordsdale volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with high rates of people providing unpaid care (18.2%) and those caring for children (29.5%), both of which are well above state and national levels.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 31.8%
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.
One in five residents has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and among the highest for similar areas.
20.0%
Higher 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 Fordsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31059/fordsdale/topic/community