12.9% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redcliffe · State Electorate
Community Participation in Redcliffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are giving their time to volunteering in Redcliffe, where only 12.9% of residents do so. This community shows a distinct mix of care roles, with a high number of people providing unpaid care to others alongside a lower-than-usual rate of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen in Redcliffe, with 12.9% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a 4.3 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While those doing unpaid childcare are well below the national figure at 23.3%, the number of people providing general unpaid care is much higher than most areas at 13.4%. This last figure has risen by 3.4 points since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
A much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of the population having this experience.
4.7%
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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).
More for Redcliffe
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30071/redcliffe/topic/community