19.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandy Ridges · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandy Ridges
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in five people volunteer their time in Sandy Ridges, placing the area around the middle for similar regions. This level of community involvement is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. While many residents contribute to their community, very few have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents are volunteers, which is 5.5 percentage points higher than the national and state figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.5% of people providing care and 27.8% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures being well above the national average. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure at just 14.4%.
16.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32515/sandy-ridges/topic/community