13.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brisbane · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Brisbane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop of 4.9 percentage points in volunteering since 2011 is the most striking shift in community activity for Brisbane. While 13.8% of people still volunteer, this is lower than most other areas. Overall, the community shows a mix of high child-care rates alongside lower-than-average levels of other unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and national figures, but it has fallen significantly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is common here, with 28.0% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate a little above the national figure. However, other forms of unpaid work are much lower than most areas, including the 11.3% who provide general unpaid care.
11.3% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
About 3.6% of people in Brisbane have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and sits about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre 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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL301001/brisbane/topic/community