19.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenswamp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenswamp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Greenswamp give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than across Queensland. This spirit of help is a key part of local life, even though the area has very few people serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher share of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (32.8%) than the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care (6.6%) or caring for children (14.8%) are far below state and national levels.
6.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 3.9% of Queenslanders and the 2.8% of Australians who have served.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Greenswamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31243/greenswamp/topic/community