10.1% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northern Peninsula Area · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Northern Peninsula Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in the Northern Peninsula Area provide unpaid childcare, though formal volunteering has dropped. Around 36.4% of people here look after children without pay, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering has fallen since 2011 to 10.1%. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for similar areas—other forms of unpaid work are less common. Only 8.7% provide general unpaid care and 12.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below national levels.
8.7% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 more common here than in most other areas, with 4.8% of people having served. This is a little above the own national figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 90% 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 Northern Peninsula Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35780/northern-peninsula-area/topic/community