13.3% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harristown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harristown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of former Defence Force members than most other areas is a standout feature for Harristown. While military service is more common here, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering, sit around the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. This includes 24.2% who care for children unpaid, though 19.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
12.1% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 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.
Military service is common in Harristown, with 4.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Harristown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31300/harristown/topic/community