8.4% ▼ -71.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paterson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Paterson spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is a far higher figure than the national average, highlighting a place where a huge amount of unpaid work happens at home. While home-based care is common, formal volunteering is quite low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.4% of people in Paterson volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 39.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and reflects a broader trend where more people provide unpaid care or look after children than in most other areas.
16.8% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 39.5%
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.
Defence service is more common in Paterson than elsewhere, with 7.8% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32283/paterson/topic/community