16.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pacific Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pacific Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong commitment to helping others defines daily life in Pacific Heights, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas. This spirit of support is seen in the high number of people looking after children and the elderly, as well as a notable presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of residents providing such support, which is higher than most areas. This is seen in the 29.5% of people caring for children and the 25.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures.
14.5% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 4.5% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Pacific Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32246/pacific-heights/topic/community