12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stewarton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stewarton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has remained low in Stewarton, where only 12.5% of people volunteer. This is a little below the national figure and reflects a broader trend of low participation in unpaid care and service across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.5% of people in Stewarton volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.3% of people providing such support, well below the national figure of 11.9%. This includes a very low 6.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.3% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
No one in Stewarton has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Stewarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32661/stewarton/topic/community