22.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Preston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement mark Preston compared to most similar areas. Nearly 23% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where unpaid care and domestic work are far more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a strong feature of the area, with 22.9% of people pitching in, well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 40.8% of people care for children unpaid and 33.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both far above the national figures. This is consistent with 15.4% of residents providing some form of unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% average for Australia.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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 higher than usual number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32362/preston/topic/community