6.8% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Stradbroke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Stradbroke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in South Stradbroke spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This high level of home-based work stands out in a place where very few people volunteer for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.8% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 15.0% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national rate of 26.3%.
13.5% ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Stradbroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32599/south-stradbroke/topic/community