15.1% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Johnstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Johnstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people have served in the Defence Force in South Johnstone, where 3.8% of residents are veterans. While military service is more common here than in most similar areas, other forms of community contribution and unpaid care are generally lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.8% providing unpaid care and 18.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The share of people caring for children unpaid is 23.7%, which is a little below the national figure.
10.8% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 South Johnstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32592/south-johnstone/topic/community