19.8% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering and unpaid work define the community spirit in Springbrook. About 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This tendency to help out extends to both the home and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people (19.8%) volunteer their time, a rate that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of home support are common. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (27.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (14.9%) are both well above the state and national averages.
14.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.9% of the population having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Springbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32625/springbrook/topic/community