14.2% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shailer Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shailer Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 32% of people in Shailer Park provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community life here, while other forms of volunteering and service remain typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but almost exactly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common here, with 32.4% of people doing so unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 12.3% providing general care and 22.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
12.3% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher share of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Shailer Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32544/shailer-park/topic/community