17.4% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stony Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.4% of people in Stony Creek volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. Most other aspects of community service and care in the area align closely with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 12.4% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the national figure, there are far fewer people caring for children unpaid at 22.9%. Conversely, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are well above the national average at 23.9%.
12.4% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 common here, with 2.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as both the Queensland and Australian figures.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32673/stony-creek/topic/community