9.8% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Freshwater Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Freshwater Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Freshwater Point compared to most similar areas. Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across caregiving and community service roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 9.8% of people pitching in, well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual, with only 7.8% of people providing care and 16.3% looking after children unpaid. This is far below the state and national figures, though the 20.9% who do over 15 hours of housework is about the same as the rest of the country.
7.8% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Defence service is slightly less common here than in other areas, with 2.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Freshwater Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31088/freshwater-point/topic/community