17.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Royston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Royston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Royston contribute their time to others, often through unpaid work and service. This is especially clear in the high number of former Defence Force members and those who provide care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 20.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, 27.3% of the community do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the national average at 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Royston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32487/royston/topic/community