0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spreadborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spreadborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of the people in Spreadborough provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This small area shows a stark contrast in how people give their time, with very high rates of family care and military service but almost no traditional volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, which is far below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 50% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far above the 26.3% national figure—only 8.3% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the national average. About 22.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a little above the national figure.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Military service is common here, with 8.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national average of 2.8%.
8.3%
Higher than 92% 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 Spreadborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32618/spreadborough/topic/community