14.5% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reedy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reedy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of childcare are a standout feature for Reedy Creek compared to similar areas. While 33.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, other forms of community contribution like volunteering remain more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common for 14.5% of residents, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.7% of people providing this care, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.0%) or providing other unpaid care (10.9%) are lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence service is recorded for 2.4% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower 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 Reedy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32414/reedy-creek/topic/community