20.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shorncliffe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shorncliffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Shorncliffe volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more active in their community than most. This high level of engagement is reflected in the strong rates of unpaid care and support provided by locals.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are more likely to provide unpaid support, with 13.9% giving care and 29.8% looking after children unpaid. Both figures are well above the national average.
13.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Shorncliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32558/shorncliffe/topic/community