9.0% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Griffin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people are raising children in Griffin than in most other areas. While the suburb has a strong presence of former Defence Force members, it sees very low levels of volunteering compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.0% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life here, with 41.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 8.5% provide other unpaid care and 19.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than most areas.
8.5% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.4% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
A higher share of the population than in most areas has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.4%
Higher than 61% 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 Griffin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31254/griffin/topic/community