21.9% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Samford Valley - Highvale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Samford Valley - Highvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care than most similar areas define Samford Valley - Highvale. About 22% of people here volunteer, and a significant number of residents provide unpaid support to others in their community. These levels of local contribution are well above both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer in Samford Valley - Highvale, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This involvement has grown over the last decade, rising 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.2% of people caring for children and 16.3% providing other unpaid care, both well above the national average. Additionally, 30.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the Australian average of 20.7%.
16.3% ▲ +55.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 7.1% of the population. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 92% 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 Samford Valley - Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315087/samford-valley-highvale/topic/community