17.1% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
More than 30% of people in Preston do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid tasks, with volunteering and caregiving rates that generally sit above state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents in Preston volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 21.1%. This stands in contrast to the 30.8% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate far above the rest of the country.
13.0% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, 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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32363/preston/topic/community