17.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual volunteer in Sandy Creek, where 17.4% of residents give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas but well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 21.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—a much higher 28.1% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly.
11.7% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6% of residents having served.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32513/sandy-creek/topic/community