34.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highgrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Highgrove provide some form of unpaid care, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active in supporting others, with a very high proportion of residents volunteering and caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 34.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 39.1% of people provide care and 47.8% care for children. Both figures are far above the state and national averages, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas at 17.4%.
39.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Highgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31332/highgrove/topic/community