19.3% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Valkyrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Valkyrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Valkyrie provide unpaid care for children than in the rest of the country. This community is highly active in the home and the wider region, with nearly 20% of people volunteering their time. It stands out as a place where domestic responsibilities and community contribution are much more common than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major part of life here, with 43.9% of people caring for children unpaid, far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 28.1% do plenty of housework—well above the state average—only 7.0% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.0% ▲ +69.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.9% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
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 Valkyrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32929/valkyrie/topic/community