26.9% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Longreach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their spare time to help others in Longreach than in most other parts of the country. Around 26.9% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong community spirit exists alongside lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.9% of people helping out, though this is 3.3 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common than in other areas. Only 22.9% of people provide unpaid childcare and 17.0% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care rose slightly to 9.6%.
9.6% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 70% 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/community