14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelican
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 32.1% of people in Pelican provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high rate of family care is the standout feature of community life in the area. Other forms of local participation and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond childcare, 14.3% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week sit at 21.4%, about the same as the rest of the country.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average.
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 Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32293/pelican/topic/community