10.0% ▼ -53.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Helidon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Helidon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in Helidon (L) volunteer, which is a sharp drop from the 21.7% seen in 2011. This makes the area's rate of community volunteering well below the national figure. While formal volunteering has fallen, many residents still spend their time on unpaid family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10%, the rate is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 27.3% of people caring for children—a figure higher than most areas. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most similar areas.
10.0% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Helidon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321050/helidon/topic/community