27.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Freestone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Freestone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have surged in Upper Freestone, which is now a place where nearly 28% of people give their time to others. This level of community effort is far above the national figure and makes the area stand out compared to most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 39.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—very few provide other types of unpaid care. Only 4.4% provide unpaid care and 16.2% care for children, both of which are far below the national averages.
4.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 39.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Freestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32908/upper-freestone/topic/community