13.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sugarloaf
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Sugarloaf provide unpaid childcare and housework than in other parts of the country. While 32.9% care for children unpaid, this high level of home-based work contrasts with a lower-than-average rate of community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 28.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. However, the 7.7% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
About 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32686/sugarloaf/topic/community