22.5% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seventeen Seventy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Seventeen Seventy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others is a common part of daily life in Seventeen Seventy (L), where 22.5% of people volunteer. While this is well above the national figure of 14.1%, it represents a drop from the 29.1% who volunteered in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.5% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at just 10.8%. Conversely, 27.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
6.3% ▼ -56.3%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.8% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 6.3% of people having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322107/seventeen-seventy/topic/community