17.3% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Twin Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Twin Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer and serve in the military here than in most similar areas, making Twin Waters a place of high community involvement. Around 17.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of the population pitching in, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care, far fewer residents look after children unpaid (17.7%) compared to the national figure of 26.3%. However, a higher than usual 25.8% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.0% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 6.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Twin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32890/twin-waters/topic/community