9.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reid River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reid River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Reid River do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. While housework is common, other forms of community and family support are less frequent here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 34.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, though those caring for children unpaid are much fewer here at 19.7%. Unpaid care for others involves 11.5% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 this area, with 6.6% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Reid River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32418/reid-river/topic/community