14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forest Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Forest Creek involves a mix of unpaid duties and local support, though only 14.3% of people volunteer. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and Australian totals. While few residents have served in the military, many balance housework with other caring roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people in Forest Creek volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly equal to the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 14.3% of residents provide unpaid child care, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. However, more people do unpaid housework (23.2%) and provide general unpaid care (13.4%) compared to the rest of the country.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Forest Creek has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate 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 Forest Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31061/forest-creek/topic/community