11.6% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Park Avenue · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Park Avenue
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped in Park Avenue since 2011, leaving only 11.6% of residents active in unpaid community work. While a fair number of people provide care for others, the area has a higher-than-average proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.6%, the figure is a little below both the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Unpaid care for others is also similar to the state average, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas.
12.3% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.7%, this is slightly higher than the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Park Avenue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32270/park-avenue/topic/community