19.6% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sherwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Sherwood volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This shows a strong local commitment to community work and helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer, which is 5.5 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.1% of people caring for children and 12.1% providing other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the national rates.
12.1% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32554/sherwood/topic/community