14.8% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emu Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Emu Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Emu Park provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community where family care is a major part of daily life. While most roles are centered on the home, the area also has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure. This represents a drop of 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing care for others, a figure a little above the state and national averages. This has risen 2.9 percentage points since 2011, even though the share of people doing unpaid housework and childcare has fallen.
14.4% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 much more common here than in most areas. Around 5.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
5.0%
Higher than 77% 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 Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315032/emu-park/topic/community