18.3% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Arkwright · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Arkwright
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has remained steady in Point Arkwright, with 18.3% of residents volunteering. This level of participation is well above both the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 19.8%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the 20.7% average for the state.
10.8% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 1.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Point Arkwright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32342/point-arkwright/topic/community