9.3% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redbank Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redbank Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Redbank Plains than in most similar areas. While only 9.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, a very high 33.4% of the community provides unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people volunteer here, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 33.4% of people providing it—well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 18.2%.
11.8% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national average.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Redbank Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32405/redbank-plains/topic/community