42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Haughton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Haughton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people volunteer in Upper Haughton, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community effort is a standout feature of daily life in the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than those in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 42.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Half of the residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 10.7% of people providing other types of unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
No one in Upper Haughton has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and lower than most other similar areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Haughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32910/upper-haughton/topic/community