10.1% ▼ -56.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pratten · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pratten
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Pratten do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of home-based care and domestic work, though formal volunteering is quite low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 16.6%, other forms of care are common. 18.1% of people provide unpaid care, and 30.2% do significant housework, both of which are well above the national average.
18.1% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
About 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Pratten [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32359/pratten/topic/community