13.5% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Petrie Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Petrie Terrace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Petrie Terrace are involved in unpaid care and housework compared to other areas. While volunteering rates remain steady, the most striking feature is how far below the national average this area sits for childcare and domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 13.7% of people caring for children and 9.0% providing general unpaid care. This is far below the national figures, and only 10.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week.
9.0% ▲ +98.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.7% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Petrie Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32304/petrie-terrace/topic/community