14.5% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaforth · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Seaforth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirty per cent of people in Seaforth spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. While many residents manage these home duties, other forms of community and care work have seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a notable drop from 2011, when 21.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many more people here do heavy housework than in most other areas, yet the 19.4% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the national figure. General unpaid care has also fallen, with 12.3% of people now providing this support.
12.3% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Around 3.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321092/seaforth/topic/community