12.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silverleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silverleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Silverleigh involves a high amount of unpaid work at home, though formal volunteering is less common here. Nearly 44% of residents put in at least 15 hours of housework a week, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people in Silverleigh volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 31.6% of people caring for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While housework rates are among the highest across the country, only 7.0% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national average of 11.9%.
7.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 43.9%
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 Silverleigh has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Silverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32570/silverleigh/topic/community