25.4% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Proston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Proston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Proston compared to the rest of the country. Over a quarter of the population gives their time to others, which is more than 11 percentage points above the national figure. This strong community spirit is paired with high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.4% of people in Proston volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—many more perform other unpaid work. This includes 18.4% who provide general unpaid care and 30.5% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average.
18.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
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 4.9% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32370/proston/topic/community