24.7% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Top Camp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Top Camp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people get involved in their community in Top Camp than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends to the home, where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.7% of people giving their time. This is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are frequent in Top Camp, as 31.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 14.8% of residents providing other types of unpaid care and 24.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.8% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 2.9% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Top Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32856/top-camp/topic/community