16.7% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Herston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Herston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less time spent on domestic chores and childcare defines daily life in Herston, where unpaid care rates are much lower than most areas. While many residents avoid heavy housework, 16.7% of the community still finds time to volunteer for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Herston volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas; only 18.7% care for children unpaid and 13.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figure of around 21% to 26%. Only 9.7% of residents provide any unpaid care, a little below the 11.9% average for Australia.
9.7% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the national 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 Herston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31324/herston/topic/community