36.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silver Spur · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silver Spur
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Silver Spur volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is seen across unpaid work and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much higher than most areas at 30.9%, which is well above the national figure. While 23.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, the 8.8% providing other unpaid care is well below the Australian average.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas. About 6.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.8%
Higher than 89% 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 Silver Spur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32565/silver-spur/topic/community