36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Selene · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Selene
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Selene volunteer, a rate that far exceeds the national figure. This high level of community effort is a standout feature of daily life in the area, where 36.4% of residents give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care. This is far below the 11.9% Australian average. Also, 18.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little below the national rate of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
Defence service is rare in Selene, with no residents having served. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Selene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32534/selene/topic/community