18.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One third of residents in Greenwood provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the area's community contribution, though few people here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% 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.
Caregiving is a major part of life for 14.8% of residents, which is higher than most areas. While 33.3% provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—only 11.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the state and national average.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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, a rate well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
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 Greenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31247/greenwood/topic/community