18.2% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Severnlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Severnlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Severnlea spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This reflects a community where residents are more likely than most to provide unpaid care and support. About 18.2% of the population also give their time as volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Severnlea, as 16% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with the 30.6% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate well above the 20.7% state and national averages.
16.0% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is a little below the 3.9% in Queensland and 2.8% across Australia.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Severnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32542/severnlea/topic/community