0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Selwyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Selwyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost no one in Selwyn is recorded as participating in community or unpaid work, showing a stark gap compared to the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area has no reported volunteers or unpaid carers, falling far below both the Queensland and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is virtually non-existent here, with 0% of people taking part. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits far below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
No residents are recorded as providing unpaid care, whether for children, housework, or other people. These figures are far below the Queensland and Australian averages, where typically about 26% of people care for children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The number of people who served in the Defence Force is 0%, which 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 Selwyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32535/selwyn/topic/community