4.6% ▼ -62.5%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portsmith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Portsmith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer or provide unpaid care in Portsmith compared to the rest of the country. While only 4.6% of residents volunteer, the area has a very strong connection to the military, with a high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 4.6% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less frequent than in other areas, with only 5% of people providing care and 5.4% looking after children. Just 1.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the national figure of 20.7%.
5.0% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.4% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.8% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 a standout feature in Portsmith, where 7.9% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.9% in Queensland and 2.8% nationally.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Portsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32354/portsmith/topic/community