10.3% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grand Secret · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grand Secret
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.3% of people in Grand Secret volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While formal volunteering is low, many residents provide unpaid support at home. This includes a higher than usual number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 10.3% of residents taking part, well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.3% of people providing care and 25.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above national figures. Around 26.2% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
14.3% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
Defence service is more common in Grand Secret than in most areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Grand Secret [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31223/grand-secret/topic/community