15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torrens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torrens Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former military service defines the social fabric of Torrens Creek, where 10.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While some residents contribute through volunteering, the area sees very little unpaid care work compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national rates, though lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care or look after children, with both figures sitting at 0.0%, which is far below the state and national averages. However, 22.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest at this level, at 10.3%, which is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Torrens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32860/torrens-creek/topic/community