36.8% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prairie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 36.8% of people in Prairie volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out against a much lower rate of unpaid childcare and housework within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.8% of residents helping out, a rate that is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far more people provide unpaid care here than in most areas (16.8%), the rates for unpaid housework and childcare are well below the national figures.
16.8% ▲ +110.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32358/prairie/topic/community