20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ward · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ward
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in Ward provide unpaid childcare, which is among the highest rates for any area at this level. This community shows a strong pattern of helping others, with high levels of unpaid care and volunteering throughout the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Ward; 18.3% of people provide care for others, and 28.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the national and state averages.
18.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.3%
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. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure 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 Ward [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32988/ward/topic/community