25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Foxdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Foxdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Foxdale volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high levels of community involvement and unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.5% of people providing care and 36.3% caring for children. This is well above national figures, though the 18.8% doing heavy housework is a little below the Australian average.
17.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
No one in Foxdale has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the 3.9% figure for Queensland.
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 Foxdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31079/foxdale/topic/community