10.4% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carpentaria · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Carpentaria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.1% of people in Carpentaria provide unpaid child care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While child care is steady, other forms of unpaid work and volunteering have dropped or remain low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 10.4% of residents pitching in. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is about the same as the state average, other unpaid work is much lower. Only 9.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 7.0% provide unpaid care, both of which are well below national figures.
7.0% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.8% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 59% 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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021404/carpentaria/topic/community