23.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanage · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanage
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Stanage than in the rest of the country. Nearly 24% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong local engagement defines the community's social profile.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of people helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 5.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is more common than usual at 13.9%. Around 25% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the state average.
13.9% ▲ +107.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.6% ▼ -70.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Defence service is more frequent here than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Stanage [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32653/stanage/topic/community