13.7% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pleystowe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pleystowe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of unpaid domestic work defines daily life in Pleystowe, where 30.1% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community heavily focused on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.7% of residents giving their time, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is very prominent, as 32.2% of people care for children unpaid—well above the national figure of 26.3%. While housework rates are much higher than most areas, the 11.9% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.9% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.1%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Pleystowe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32341/pleystowe/topic/community