12.7% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Underwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 32.5% of people in Underwood provide unpaid child care. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and military service, are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most other areas, with 12.7% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common at 32.5%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, other forms of help are less frequent, with unpaid care for others at 10.4% and 19.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
10.4% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 less common in Underwood than in most similar areas. Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 3.9% found across Queensland.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32897/underwood/topic/community