19.3% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highfields · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Highfields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Highfields get involved in unpaid work and volunteering than in most similar areas. Nearly one in five residents volunteers, and a very high 32.1% of the population provide unpaid childcare. These figures show a community where people contribute significant time to helping others and managing their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.3% of people pitching in—well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia. However, this is 3.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 32.1% of residents care for children and 26.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being well above the national average. Unpaid care for others also rose slightly since 2011 to 13.2%.
13.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 very high in Highfields, where 7.5% of people have served. This is well above the 3.9% for Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
7.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313007/highfields/topic/community