14.0% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Stanwell volunteer or have served in the military compared to most other similar areas. While 11.9% of residents provide unpaid care, the most striking figure is the high rate of people doing significant housework. Roughly 30% of the community spends 15 or more hours a week on unpaid home tasks.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Stanwell volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of residents spend at least 15 hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Around 26.7% care for children unpaid, and 11.9% provide some form of unpaid care.
11.9% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Only 1.2% of people here have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Stanwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32656/stanwell/topic/community