12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Splinter Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Splinter Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Splinter Creek apart from most similar areas. While 16.7% of people provide unpaid care, only 12.5% of the community volunteer, which is a little below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 37.5% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 29.2% of people doing over 15 hours of housework and 16.7% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national levels.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Splinter Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32616/splinter-creek/topic/community