12.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redcliffe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redcliffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Redcliffe spend their spare time volunteering or caring for children compared to other areas. While only 12.5% of residents volunteer, the community has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is varied; 14.2% of residents provide some form of care, which is a little above the national figure. However, the proportion of people doing unpaid childcare (19.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.4%) are both much lower than in most areas.
14.2% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Military service is common in Redcliffe, where 5.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32406/redcliffe/topic/community