24.0% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Etheridge · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Etheridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteering separates Etheridge from the rest of the country, with 24% of people giving their time to help others. This is well above the national and state figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is strong, other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer in Etheridge, a rate much higher than most areas. This is well above the Queensland figure, although the proportion has fallen slightly from 25.2% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.2%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state and national averages.
8.8% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.2% of people having served. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian figure.
2.2%
Lower than 75% 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 Etheridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33100/etheridge/topic/community