9.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lefthand Branch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lefthand Branch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Lefthand Branch spend their spare time on formal volunteering or caregiving than in most other areas. While only 9.4% of the community volunteer, a much higher share of residents spend a significant part of their week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with 9.4% of people helping out, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care for others (4.7%) or children (12.5%), both of which are far below the national average. However, 32.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national 20.7%.
4.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
A larger share of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 4.9%, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Lefthand Branch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31649/lefthand-branch/topic/community