7.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ivory Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ivory Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing number of people in Ivory Creek are now providing unpaid care and housework compared to previous years. While few residents volunteer, there is a very strong presence of former Defence Force members and those managing heavy household workloads.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 39% doing over 15 hours of housework and 24.4% providing unpaid care—both figures are far above the national average. About 26.8% care for children unpaid, which is similar to the rest of the country.
24.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 39.0%
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 7.5% of the population, a figure that is well above both the Queensland (3.9%) and Australian (2.8%) rates.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Ivory Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31420/ivory-creek/topic/community