0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scrubby Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scrubby Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 10% of people in Scrubby Creek have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the national average. While formal volunteering is very low here, many residents spend significant time on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 32.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a high rate of unpaid care for others at 17%, though only 13.2% provide unpaid care for children.
17.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common in Scrubby Creek, with 10.2% of residents having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
10.2%
Higher than 96% 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 Scrubby Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32530/scrubby-creek/topic/community