18.0% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Runnymede · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Runnymede
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Runnymede volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits in the middle for similar areas but remains well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid (17.4%) compared to the national figure, the area has a much higher rate of people providing other unpaid care (16.8%) and more people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
16.8% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
A higher proportion of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of the population having a military background.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Runnymede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32494/runnymede/topic/community