18.4% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seven Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seven Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Seven Hills volunteer their time, a rate that is well above the national figure. This highlights a strong trend of community involvement in the area. The local spirit is also seen in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.4% of people providing this care—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state average.
11.3% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Seven Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32537/seven-hills/topic/community