55.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Saxby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Saxby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Saxby volunteer their time, making it an exceptionally active community. This high level of local engagement stands out against the national figure, where only 14.1% of people volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 55.2% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the state and national figures at 13.8%, and no one reported providing other unpaid care. However, 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.9% for Queensland and a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Saxby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32523/saxby/topic/community