22.0% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Racecourse · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Racecourse
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Racecourse, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and helping others, particularly through local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 26.2% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as the national figure, 28.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national rate of 20.7%. Conversely, the 9.2% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most other areas.
9.2% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Racecourse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32380/racecourse/topic/community