28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Split Yard Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Split Yard Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Split Yard Creek volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is a standout feature of daily life here, with volunteering rates far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28.6% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people here care for children unpaid (17.9%) compared to the 26.3% across Australia. Those providing other types of unpaid care make up 10.7% of the population, which is a little below the national average.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Split Yard Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32617/split-yard-creek/topic/community