31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reids Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reids Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Reids Creek volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.4% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia. This rate is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 25.7% of people providing care and 42.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both far above the national figures. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national average at 14.3%.
25.7% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Reids Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32419/reids-creek/topic/community