2.8% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arriga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arriga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 2.8% of people volunteer their time in Arriga, which is far below the national figure. This sparsely populated area shows very low levels of community participation and unpaid care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with just 2.8% of people taking part. This is far below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas. Only 2.4% of people care for children unpaid, 2.5% do over 15 hours of housework, and 1.5% provide other unpaid care.
1.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
2.4% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.5% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
A small number of people have served in the Defence Force, at 0.4%. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Arriga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30087/arriga/topic/community