9.6% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Grove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cedar Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Cedar Grove involves a high level of family responsibility, though formal volunteering has dropped. Only 9.6% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure. This is a significant change from 2011, when 15.5% of residents gave their time to community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Cedar Grove are among the lowest for similar areas. The current 9.6% is well below the Queensland figure of 14.1% and has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 29.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure. This is higher than the 20.7% of Australians who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 12.4% of residents provide other types of unpaid care.
12.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Cedar Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315015/cedar-grove/topic/community