8.8% ▼ -64.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flagstone · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Flagstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of parents and caregivers shape the daily rhythm of Flagstone, where 36.5% of people provide unpaid childcare. While family duties are common, formal community volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Flagstone is well below the national figure of 14.1%, with only 8.8% of people helping out. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has fallen 16 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far above the Australian average, rising to 36.5% since 2011. Meanwhile, about 11.3% provide other types of unpaid care and 21% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.3% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Flagstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314009/flagstone/topic/community