24.9% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pinnacle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pinnacle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Pinnacle engage in community and unpaid work than in most similar areas. Nearly 25% of residents volunteer, and a high proportion of the population provides unpaid care for others. This creates a strong pattern of local support and service across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.9% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life; 34.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Providing other unpaid care is also well above the national average at 15.3%, while childcare rates sit at 26.0%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
15.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Pinnacle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32331/pinnacle/topic/community