11.4% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silkstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silkstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Silkstone volunteer their time compared to other areas, but the community shows a strong connection to military service. While only 11.4% of people volunteer, an unusually high 6% of the population has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people in Silkstone volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 27.1% of people doing so unpaid, a figure higher than most areas. Around 13.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Queensland average.
13.6% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 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 notable 6.0% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Silkstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32560/silkstone/topic/community