14.4% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Haigslea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Haigslea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and child care shape daily life in Haigslea. While about 30.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, the area also has a strong connection to the military, with 4.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, though at 14.4% it is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A significant 30.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This mirrors the high rate of unpaid childcare, which is also well above the Australian average.
10.4% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Haigslea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31283/haigslea/topic/community