16.1% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering than the national figure marks the community of Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham. While 16.1% of people give their time to others, the region sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop of 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 22.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% national average. Meanwhile, 21.9% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and unpaid care for others sits at 11.8%, which is about the same as the state and nation.
11.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.6%
Higher than 71% 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 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31801/charters-towers-ayr-ingham/topic/community