18.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harrisville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harrisville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care make Harrisville a very active community compared to similar areas. Roughly 18.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure. Residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care and support to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Harrisville, with 18.3% of residents giving their time, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent here, as 15.2% of people provide unpaid care and 28.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. About 27.4% of residents also provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average.
15.2% ▲ +51.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 6.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Harrisville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31301/harrisville/topic/community