8.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stokes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stokes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid work and community support in Stokes than in most similar areas. Only 8.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of participation extends across volunteering, housework, and caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low here, with only 8.6% of people giving their time. This is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with 17.1% of people caring for children and only 4.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. No one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care, a figure far below the national average of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Defence service is lower than most areas, with 0.0% of the population having served. This 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 Stokes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32667/stokes/topic/community