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St Helens · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in St Helens

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Far more people give their time to others in St Helens than in most similar areas. This community stands out for its high rate of volunteering, with 30% of residents helping out without pay.

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📍 St Helens, Suburb / Locality

Where St Helens sits — Volunteers

30.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is St Helens — higher than 86% of areas.

St Helens30.0%
4356, QLD 19.8%
Queensland 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 30% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.

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30.0% —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While a much lower 20% of residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the national 26.3%, a higher 26.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Notably, 0% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is far below the state and national figures.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No residents in this area have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.

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 St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32641/st-helens/topic/community