18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Septimus · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Septimus
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Septimus, where 18.2% of people give their time to help others. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. While community giving is high, other forms of unpaid care and service are much lower than typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national and state figures of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.1% of people providing unpaid care compared to the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, the shares of people caring for children unpaid (23.2%) and doing over 15 hours of housework (19.2%) are both below the national average.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is 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 Septimus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32536/septimus/topic/community