20.4% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seventeen Mile Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seventeen Mile Rocks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Seventeen Mile Rocks volunteer their time, which is well above the national rate. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high levels of both unpaid childcare and volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 35.0% of people providing unpaid care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher-than-average 25.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 11.7% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.7% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32539/seventeen-mile-rocks/topic/community