20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Susan River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Susan River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people volunteer in Susan River, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly through local volunteering and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is common, with 29.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 28.4% provide unpaid childcare, no one in the area is recorded as providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
No residents in Susan River have served in the Defence Force, which 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 Susan River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32703/susan-river/topic/community