18.4% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greens Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of unpaid housework defines Greens Creek, where 34.8% of people handle 15 or more hours of chores weekly. This community is highly active in helping others and serving their country, with figures for volunteering and defence service well above national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.4% of people providing care and 28.7% looking after children, both of which are above the state and national figures. Notably, the 34.8% of people doing heavy housework is far above the Australian average of 20.7%.
18.4% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 Greens Creek than in most areas, with 6.1% of people having served, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Greens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31241/greens-creek/topic/community