11.0% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadowbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meadowbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 12% of people in Meadowbrook volunteer their time, reflecting a low level of community participation compared to other areas. While child care is common, other forms of unpaid help and service are less frequent than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure about the same as the national average. However, the 16.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.0% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Meadowbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31795/meadowbrook/topic/community