13.1% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fraser Coast · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Fraser Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and childcare define community participation in Fraser Coast compared to most similar areas. While only 13.1% of people volunteer, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and a high number of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011, falling 4.7 percentage points to 13.1%. This is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care varies across the region; while 14.5% of people provide unpaid care—among the highest for this level—only 19.9% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure. However, 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above the Queensland average.
14.5% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most other areas. About 5.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
5.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Fraser Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33220/fraser-coast/topic/community