11.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Queens Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Queens Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Queens Park have seen their levels of community involvement increase since 2011. This is a place where only 11% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure. Other forms of unpaid help and service are also less common here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people in Queens Park volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%. This level of participation is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 7.7% of people providing this support. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the 15.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the Australian average.
7.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 frequent in Queens Park than in most areas. Only 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Queens Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51271/queens-park/topic/community