17.7% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torres Strait Island · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Torres Strait Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Torres Strait Island provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average. This highlight of family support sits alongside a strong tradition of service, with a high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. However, this is 10 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36% of residents provide unpaid child care—one of the highest rates for its area—fewer people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to the national figure. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the state average at 12.4%.
12.4% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is more common here than in most other similar areas. At 6.7%, this rate is well above the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
6.7%
Higher than 99% 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 Strait Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36960/torres-strait-island/topic/community