11.9% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plainland · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Plainland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Plainland than in most similar areas, though community volunteering is lower. While 14.2% of residents provide unpaid care, only 11.9% of the population spends time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 11.9%, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 29.2% of people care for children, while 14.2% provide other unpaid care, both figures being higher than most areas. Housework is also more frequent, with 24% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.2% ▲ +171.1%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 in Plainland than in most similar areas, with 6.1% of people having served, well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 88% 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 Plainland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321083/plainland/topic/community