14.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sapphire Central · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sapphire Central
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 5.1% of people in Sapphire Central have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the local volunteer rate is about the same as the national figure, there is a notable trend of residents providing more unpaid care than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing care and 23.7% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are among the lowest at this level, at just 9.3%.
13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.3% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Military service is more common in Sapphire Central than in most areas, with 5.1% of the population having served, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Sapphire Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32516/sapphire-central/topic/community