20.3% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanthorpe · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Stanthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Stanthorpe volunteer than in most similar areas, with 20.3% of the community giving their time. This strong spirit of participation has grown since 2011 and sits well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is a growing trend, as the rate rose 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national averages at 20.1%. Meanwhile, 12.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.2% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.0% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the Queensland average.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315090/stanthorpe/topic/community