10.6% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 31.2% of residents in Greenbank provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care stands in contrast to the area's low volunteer rates, where only 10.6% of people give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.6% of people helping out, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—those providing other unpaid care are at 11.3%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.3% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Greenbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31236/greenbank/topic/community