17.3% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Antigua · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Antigua
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and defence service set Antigua apart from most similar areas. While 17.3% of people volunteer, the most striking figures are found in the high proportion of residents who have served in the military or provide extensive help at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Antigua volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 36.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 16.4% provide general unpaid care, which is well above the national average, the 19.1% who care for children is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
16.4% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
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.
Military service is very common in Antigua, where 9.9% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.9% for Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
9.9%
Higher than 96% 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 Antigua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30067/antigua/topic/community