17.7% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redlynch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redlynch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over a third of Redlynch residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far higher than the national average. This community shows a strong tendency to give their time to others, with high rates of volunteering and a notable number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 35.9% of people providing this care, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 10.6% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
10.6% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Redlynch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32411/redlynch/topic/community