17.8% ▲ +109.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horse Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Horse Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Horse Creek, where residents are more likely to volunteer and serve in the military than people in most other similar areas. This community engagement is particularly high, with 11% of people having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure at 15.1%. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 20.5%.
15.1% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is very common in Horse Creek, with 11% of residents having done so. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
11.0%
Higher than 98% 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 Horse Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31361/horse-creek/topic/community