31.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plainby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plainby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Plainby give their time to others than in most similar areas. The community is marked by high levels of volunteering and unpaid work, with 31% of residents volunteering and nearly 36% spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31% of people helping out, which is 17 points higher than the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 33.3% of people care for children and 35.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. However, the 11.9% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 8.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
8.9%
Higher than 93% 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 Plainby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32339/plainby/topic/community