26.9% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longreach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Longreach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Longreach than in most other similar areas. About 26.9% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%. While this spirit of giving is strong, the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 26.9%, the proportion of volunteers is among the highest for areas of this type, though it dropped 3.3 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 22.9% of people provide unpaid childcare and 17% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.6% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average.
2.4%
Lower than 63% 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315031412/longreach/topic/community