12.2% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandstone Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandstone Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Sandstone Point has evolved over the last decade, with a particularly strong history of military service. While few residents volunteer in the traditional sense, a high number of people provide unpaid care and support for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people in Sandstone Point volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of people providing support—well above the Queensland figure of 11.5%. While 27.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national average, only 16.8% care for children unpaid, a rate well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.9% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 striking 7.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Sandstone Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32511/sandstone-point/topic/community