22.4% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do unpaid housework in Greenlands than in other areas, with 37.7% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This spirit of contribution extends to the wider community, where volunteering and caregiving are both well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of people 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.
Providing unpaid care is much more frequent than in most areas, with 16.9% of residents helping others. While 25.7% look after children—a rate about the same as the national figure—the 37.7% who do heavy housework is far above the Queensland average.
16.9% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.7% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 37.7%
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 to the country is very prominent in Greenlands, as 8.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
8.7%
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 Greenlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31238/greenlands/topic/community