31.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Topaz · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Topaz
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 17 percentage point gap separates Topaz from the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. This is a highly active community where 31% of residents give their time to others, far exceeding both Queensland and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31% of people in Topaz volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.5% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 27.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a result well above the state and national average of 20.7%.
15.5% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Defence service is less common than in other parts of the state, with 2.1% of people having served in the Defence Force compared to 3.9% in Queensland.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Topaz [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32857/topaz/topic/community