10.8% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Helensvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Helensvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Helensvale compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.8% of residents giving their time. While community volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care for children within the home. This suggests a local focus on family responsibilities over external community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 28.4% of people providing this care, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 12.0% providing general unpaid care and 21.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.0% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Helensvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31315/helensvale/topic/community