11.4% ▼ -56.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silky Oak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silky Oak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of community involvement define Silky Oak compared to most similar areas. Only 11.4% of residents volunteer their time, and the number of people providing unpaid care is well below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.4% of people in Silky Oak volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 6.8% of people providing such support, well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the 19.7% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
6.8% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Silky Oak has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure 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 Silky Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32562/silky-oak/topic/community