36.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stockyard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stockyard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge proportion of people in Stockyard contribute their time to others, with 36% volunteering. This community is far more active in unpaid work and service than most other areas in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; at 36%, the rate is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 42% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside high rates of people providing unpaid care (30%) and caring for children (38%).
30.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 42.0%
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.
Service to the country is well represented in Stockyard, where 10.6% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
10.6%
Higher than 97% 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 Stockyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32666/stockyard/topic/community