14.2% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carpentaria · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Carpentaria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care work mark Carpentaria compared to most similar areas. While volunteering levels are typical for the country, the region sees far fewer people providing unpaid childcare or household support than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common for 14.2% of people in Carpentaria, which is about the same as the national figure, though this is 1.5 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere. Only 19.4% of people provide unpaid childcare and 13.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below Queensland and Australian levels.
7.2% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force in Carpentaria than in most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32250/carpentaria/topic/community