15.3% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stoneleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stoneleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy unpaid housework in Stoneleigh than the national figure. While 15.3% of residents volunteer, the area is most notable for its high number of former service members and a strong focus on home and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Over a third of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This sits alongside a higher than usual 27.6% of people caring for children unpaid, though the 10.2% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the state average.
10.2% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.0% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Stoneleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32671/stoneleigh/topic/community