15.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Flagstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Flagstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Upper Flagstone involves a high level of unpaid domestic work, with 30.6% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. While some residents contribute to the wider community, the area's involvement in unpaid care and volunteering is generally lower than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A large 30.6% of people spend over 15 hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care (10.8%) and those caring for children (25.5%) are lower or about the same as the state average.
10.8% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
Current or former Defence Force members make up 3.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Upper Flagstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32907/upper-flagstone/topic/community