16.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenslopes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenslopes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Greenslopes has shifted over the last decade, with 16.1% of people now volunteering. This is a little above the national figure, though it remains lower than in most other similar areas. Most residents here spend less time on unpaid home and care duties than people elsewhere in Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people in Greenslopes volunteer their time. While this is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, it is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. This is seen in the 10% who provide unpaid care and the 21.8% caring for children, both of which are well below the national figures.
10.0% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Around 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Greenslopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31242/greenslopes/topic/community