11.1% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmers Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palmers Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid support in Palmers Island than in most other areas, although community volunteering has fallen. While 14.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, only 11.1% of the population spends time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 11.1%, the rate is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing care is common here, with 32.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher than usual number of people providing other types of unpaid care (14.1%) and those doing significant housework (23.7%).
14.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 2.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
2.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality 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 Palmers Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13147/palmers-island/topic/community