19.8% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Red Hill than in the rest of the country, with nearly 20% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit contrasts with a lower tendency to provide unpaid care or housework compared to Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people here 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.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.2% of people providing such support. This is a little below the national figure, and far fewer residents perform 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (16.0%) compared to the Australian average of 20.7%.
10.2% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 57% 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 Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32400/red-hill/topic/community