17.6% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St George · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St George
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for its level in many areas, St George shows a strong tendency for locals to help out. A striking 17.6% of people volunteer, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures. However, the number of people giving their time to the community has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 17.6% of people volunteer—well above the national figure of 14.1%—this is a significant drop from the 27.1% who did so in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has fallen across the board since 2011, with only 17.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in childcare and general care, with 25.1% caring for children and 10.6% providing other unpaid care.
10.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Only 2.0% of people in St George have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and much lower than most similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 86% 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 St George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315089/st-george/topic/community