20.7% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meikleville Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meikleville Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Meikleville Hill contribute to their community compared to similar areas. About 20.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of people helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 15.8% of people provide support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 24.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas.
15.8% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average but a little below the Queensland figure.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Meikleville Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31798/meikleville-hill/topic/community