16.9% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victory Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Victory Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid care in Victory Heights compared to most other areas. While 17.1% of residents perform this role, the community also shows a steady commitment to volunteering, with 16.9% of people giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside a higher-than-average 25.2% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, though the 24.9% who care for children is a little below the state average.
17.1% ▲ +55.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 less common here than in most areas, with only 1.7% of people having served, a figure a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Victory Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32945/victory-heights/topic/community