6.3% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aurukun · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Aurukun
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in volunteering has marked recent years in Aurukun, where only 6.3% of people now give their time. This shift comes alongside very high rates of people providing unpaid care for children, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 11 points since 2011 to just 6.3%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 42.5% of people providing it—far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 14.4% provide some form of unpaid care, only 2.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far below the state and national figures.
14.4% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.5% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.6% ▼ -75.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) 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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30250/aurukun/topic/community