9.0% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Happy Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Happy Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Changing trends in community involvement see Happy Valley (Qld) now standing out for its high rate of parents providing unpaid childcare. While many residents help out at home, others are less likely to volunteer compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.0% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national and state figures of 14.1%. This rate is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 37.9% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 6.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
6.4% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.9% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Happy Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31295/happy-valley/topic/community