11.4% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Patrick Estate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Patrick Estate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care defines Patrick Estate compared to the rest of the state. While 20.8% of people provide unpaid care, this is well above the Queensland figure of 11.5%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.5% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen alongside a higher than most areas rate of 27.5% of people caring for children unpaid.
20.8% ▲ +93.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Patrick Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32284/patrick-estate/topic/community