18.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neranwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neranwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Neranwood involves a strong commitment to helping others, with 18.0% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also has a notable connection to the military, with a much higher share of Defence Force veterans than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.0% of residents in Neranwood volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—the share of those caring for children unpaid is well below the national average at 23.0%.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Military service is common here, with 6.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Neranwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32118/neranwood/topic/community