10.3% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Helidon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Helidon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Helidon engage in formal volunteering compared to other similar areas. Only 10.3% of the population volunteers, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, the proportions of people doing significant housework or providing other unpaid care are lower than in most areas.
11.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Helidon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31316/helidon/topic/community