15.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grahams Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grahams Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Strong ties to the military and a mix of unpaid work shape daily life in Grahams Creek. Over 10% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While volunteering is slightly more common here than the national figure, fewer people provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is a little above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in the rest of the country, at 20.3%. However, people doing 15 or more hours of housework are well above the national figure at 24.6%, while unpaid care for others is about the same as the national rate of 11.9%.
11.9% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common in Grahams Creek, with 10.3% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Grahams Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31221/grahams-creek/topic/community