9.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scotchy Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scotchy Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Scotchy Pocket provide unpaid care or serve in the military, marking a distinct profile for the area. While 27.3% of residents spend significant time on housework, other forms of community contribution remain low. This reflects a local trend where home-based work is more common than formal volunteering or service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 27.3% of people working 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, 0.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is far below the 11.9% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 Scotchy Pocket has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and 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 Scotchy Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32526/scotchy-pocket/topic/community