13.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Homebush · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Homebush
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid childcare in Homebush compared to the rest of the state. While this stands out, other forms of community contribution and service are less common here than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and sits just below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 31.4% of people providing this care—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 9.7% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Homebush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31353/homebush/topic/community