13.6% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Vernon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Vernon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in Point Vernon than in most similar areas. While volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, the area has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members. This reflects a community with strong ties to service and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care — well above the national figure of 11.9%. Interestingly, while 24.9% do significant unpaid housework, the rate of people caring for children is much lower than most areas at 19.9%.
15.5% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.6% of the population having served.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32344/point-vernon/topic/community