29.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandy Camp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandy Camp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer their time in Sandy Camp, making it a place with exceptionally high community involvement. This spirit of helping out is seen in both formal volunteering and a high number of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 21.6% giving unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside a high 40.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.7% seen across the state.
21.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.6%
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 Sandy Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32512/sandy-camp/topic/community