15.6% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Placid Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Placid Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 5% of residents in Placid Hills have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While many people contribute to the community through unpaid work, the area shows a mix of local and national trends in volunteering and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people volunteer here. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Roughly 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide unpaid care and 25.4% care for children unpaid.
12.8% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.7%. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 77% 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 Placid Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32338/placid-hills/topic/community