16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Friday Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Friday Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of service defines daily life in Friday Pocket, where 8.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. While this level of service is well above the national figure, the area sees very little unpaid care work compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.2% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0% of people providing unpaid care or caring for children. This is far below the national figures, and the 16.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
The local experience of military service is high, with 8.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Friday Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31089/friday-pocket/topic/community