13.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sexton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sexton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Sexton than across the rest of the state. This stands out in a community where about 13.7% of people volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly equal to the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
10.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
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, which 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 Sexton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32543/sexton/topic/community