9.8% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neurum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neurum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Neurum, where 16.3% of people provide support to others. While volunteering is low here, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people in Neurum volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.3% of residents providing support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 24.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 21.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
16.3% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.2% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Neurum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32123/neurum/topic/community