14.0% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitsunday · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Whitsunday
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Whitsunday compared to the rest of the state and country. While volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, the area has seen a notable drop in people helping out in their community since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a decline from 2011, when 16.9% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 8.4% of people provide unpaid care, and those caring for children unpaid (22.6%) or doing heavy housework (18.6%) are well below the national figures.
8.4% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 common in Whitsunday, with 3.1% of people having served. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31203/whitsunday/topic/community