16.2% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jarvisfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jarvisfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Jarvisfield compared to the rest of the state. While 16.2% of people volunteer, the most striking feature is that 34.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.7% of people providing care and 22.9% doing over 15 hours of housework. This is especially true for children, where the 34.6% who provide unpaid childcare is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
14.7% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 Jarvisfield 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 Jarvisfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31434/jarvisfield/topic/community