18.3% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vale View · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vale View
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Strong community spirit defines daily life in Vale View, where residents are more likely to volunteer and care for others than in most parts of the country. Around 18.3% of people here give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Vale View, with 18.3% of people helping out, a rate well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in this area take on unpaid responsibilities than usual, as 28% do 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 14% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
14.0% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Service to the country is a notable feature of the area, with 5% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Vale View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32927/vale-view/topic/community