8.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Pinelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Pinelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Upper Pinelands contribute unpaid time to their community or home than is typical across Queensland. Only 8.1% of residents volunteer, a figure well below the state and national average of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across volunteering, home care, and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 8.1% of people helping out, which is 6.0 percentage points below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work in the home is much lower than most areas. Only 18.9% of people care for children unpaid and 16.2% do over 15 hours of housework, while no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
Defence service is also lower than in most areas, with no one in Upper Pinelands having served in the Defence Force.
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 Pinelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32916/upper-pinelands/topic/community