12.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Innisfail · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Innisfail
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Innisfail have spent their time volunteering or caring for others since 2011. While about 12.7% of the community now volunteers, this is a drop of 4.2 percentage points over the last decade. The town also sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Innisfail are a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%, sitting at 12.7%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 21.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This is part of a broader trend where unpaid housework and childcare roles have both fallen since 2011, though the 11.7% of people providing general unpaid care has barely changed.
11.7% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Innisfail has a higher proportion of people who served in the Defence Force than most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306031159/innisfail/topic/community