9.8% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pioneer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pioneer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Pioneer get involved in community activities compared to most similar areas. While 31.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure, very few people here volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 31.2%, well above the state average. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15+ hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
7.1% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Pioneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32333/pioneer/topic/community