12.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torres · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Torres
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Torres is marked by a high number of people caring for children and a strong history of military service. While 28.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, volunteering has dropped to 12.8%, which is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 and now sits at 12.8%. This is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia, and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 28.2%, which is a little above the national figure. In contrast, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (13.5%) or providing other unpaid care (8.7%) is much lower than in most areas.
8.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
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.
A high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 4.3% of people in Torres having done so. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.3%
Higher than 86% 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 Torres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36950/torres/topic/community