18.0% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Central Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Central Highlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for children in Central Highlands than they were in 2011. Despite these drops, 18% of the population still volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This region remains much more active in community support and child care than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of people helping out, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is a major focus as 30.2% of people provide unpaid care for children, a rate well above the 26.3% national figure. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are among the lowest in the country at 8.4%.
8.4% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 2.3% of people having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30801/central-highlands/topic/community