13.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitsunday · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Whitsunday
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time on unpaid work and volunteering in Whitsunday than in most other areas. While 13.5% of residents volunteer, the region sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.5%. This is much lower than most other areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 22.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework have also fallen since 2011.
9.0% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 in Whitsunday than in most areas, with 3.2% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37340/whitsunday/topic/community