16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shell Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shell Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Shell Pocket provide unpaid care, making it one of the highest areas for this activity. This high level of community support is a key feature of the local area's social contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.9% of people providing a helping hand, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 23.9% do plenty of housework, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national averages.
20.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 reported serving 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 Shell Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32551/shell-pocket/topic/community