17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stockton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stockton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 37% of people provide unpaid childcare in Stockton, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care happens alongside a strong volunteering spirit, with more people giving their time than in most other Queensland areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare rates are among the highest for this level, other types of unpaid work are much lower than most areas. Only 15.2% do over 15 hours of housework and 6.5% provide general unpaid care, both well below the national figures.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Stockton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32664/stockton/topic/community