15.3% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaforth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaforth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Seaforth than in the rest of the state. While 19.8% of residents care for children, this is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%. This contrasts with other types of community work, which are more common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A little more than 15% of residents volunteer, which is slightly above the national and state figures of 14.1%. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, with 13.7% of people providing care and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well above the national average, though the rate of unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas.
13.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32532/seaforth/topic/community