20.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Packers Camp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Packers Camp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer and provide unpaid care in Packers Camp than in most similar areas. This community is marked by a very high level of unpaid work, with 42.7% of people caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.4% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 35% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a very high rate of unpaid childcare.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.7% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served.
4.9%
Higher than 79% 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 Packers Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32249/packers-camp/topic/community