7.5% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stapylton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stapylton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.5% of people volunteer in Stapylton, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community volunteering stands out against a higher-than-average tendency for residents to provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this type, sitting at 7.5%, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 15% of residents provide unpaid care, though the proportion of people doing unpaid housework (18.2%) and caring for children (23.3%) are both well below the national figures.
15.0% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.8% national average.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Stapylton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32657/stapylton/topic/community