23.7% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flinders · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Flinders
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Flinders volunteer, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. While the community is very active in volunteering, fewer residents are providing unpaid child care or doing heavy housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.7% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is a high rate for the region, although it has fallen by 5.8 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid child care (20.2%) and do 15 or more hours of housework (18.2%) compared to national levels. However, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care rose to 10.8% since 2011, which is about the same as the state figure.
10.8% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 around the middle for areas like this, with 2.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 60% 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33200/flinders/topic/community