12.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Running Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Running Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former Defence Force members shapes daily life in Running Creek, where 7.1% of the population have served. While many residents contribute significant time to housework, fewer people here volunteer compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 29.2% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This contrasts with childcare, as the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
Running Creek has one of the highest proportions of veterans at this level, with 7.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Running Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32493/running-creek/topic/community