19.5% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paddington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Paddington volunteer, which is a standout figure for the area. This high level of community involvement is the most striking feature of local participation, with a much higher proportion of people giving their time than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 25.4%, though this is a little below the state figure. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas at 18.1%.
10.8% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32250/paddington/topic/community