14.1% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Railway Estate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Railway Estate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most areas, 6.5% of people in Railway Estate have served in the Defence Force. While military service is common here, other forms of community work and unpaid care are generally lower than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most other areas. This includes those providing general unpaid care (9.7%), doing significant housework (18.5%), or looking after children (24.5%), all of which are a little below state and national levels.
9.7% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
A strong military connection is evident in Railway Estate, where 6.5% of people served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little above the Queensland rate.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Railway Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32384/railway-estate/topic/community