29.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Frenches Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Frenches Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Frenches Creek volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This spirit of giving is a key part of daily life here, though it contrasts with a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 16.9% of people care for children unpaid—well below the national figure of 26.3%—many more handle heavy chores. About 35.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the 20.7% seen statewide.
14.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.2% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 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.
A slightly higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to the national average, with 3.9% of the population having this experience.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Frenches Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31085/frenches-creek/topic/community