20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Fleece · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Golden Fleece
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 40% of people in Golden Fleece provide unpaid child care, placing the area among the highest for this activity. This reflects a community where people contribute significant time to family and local support, with high levels of volunteering and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area; 31.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Additionally, 20% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a result well above the Australian average.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the 3.9% seen across 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 Golden Fleece [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31180/golden-fleece/topic/community