20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmtree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palmtree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement define Palmtree, where over 20% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure, marking the area as a place where residents are much more active in supporting others than in most similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well 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 17.6% of people providing care and 31.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures being far above the national average. However, the 13.5% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
17.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 31.1%
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.
No one in Palmtree has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Palmtree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32263/palmtree/topic/community