22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Massie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Massie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Massie volunteer, making it a community where locals give back far more than the national average. This strong spirit of participation stands out against a lower tendency to provide unpaid care for children or others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 5% of people provide unpaid care and 19% care for children—both well below national levels—housework is a major commitment, with 37% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week.
5.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 37.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4% of people having served. This is slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the Queensland average.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Massie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31784/massie/topic/community