18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alice Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alice Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Alice Creek, where 18.2% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. It suggests a community where residents are more likely to give their time to local causes than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland. This level of engagement is around the middle compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.6% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—the number of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 18.2%. This is well below the 26.3% national average. About 20.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Alice Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30033/alice-creek/topic/community