20.3% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Highvale compared to most similar areas. More than one in five residents volunteer, and there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of people in Highvale volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.9% of people caring for children and 29.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly; both figures are well above the national average. Additionally, 14.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
14.6% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 6.1% of people having served, well above the national 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 Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31336/highvale/topic/community