12.8% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redlands · State Electorate
Community Participation in Redlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Redlands provide unpaid care and house-work than in most similar areas. While 13.1% of residents look after others without pay, the number of people volunteering for community groups has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped by 5.1 percentage points since 2011, and at 12.8%, Redlands is now a little below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.1% of people doing so. This is seen in the 23.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
13.1% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
4.2%
Higher than 81% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Redlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30072/redlands/topic/community