16.4% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmwoods · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Palmwoods
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Palmwoods provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most other areas. This strong focus on family care is a key feature of the community, while other forms of volunteering and unpaid work are more in line with state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents are volunteers, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure. However, this has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing care and 23.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are a little above the Queensland averages.
13.3% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 3.8% of the population, which is about the same as the 3.9% found across Queensland.
3.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314019/palmwoods/topic/community