26.1% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackall Tambo · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Blackall Tambo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and doing unpaid housework in Blackall Tambo than they were in 2011. Despite these drops, a striking 26.1% of the community still volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping out defines the local area's approach to community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.1% of people volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. However, this figure has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children is much lower than most areas at 22.0%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. While unpaid housework has fallen to 19.8%, the number of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly since 2011 to 11.1%.
11.1% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Defence service is lower than most areas, with 2.5% of people having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Blackall Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30760/blackall-tambo/topic/community