17.6% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perwillowen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Perwillowen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support to others in Perwillowen than in most other areas, making community care a significant part of daily life. About 23% of residents provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure. This spirit of helping extends to formal volunteering and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in this area; 32.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This aligns with the high rate of people providing general unpaid care (23.1%), though the proportion of people caring for children (22.6%) is well below the state and national averages.
23.1% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
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 strong connection to the military is evident in Perwillowen, where 6.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Perwillowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32301/perwillowen/topic/community