17.4% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Atherton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Atherton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong volunteering spirit defines Atherton, where 17.4% of people give their time to help others. This rate is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. Residents here are also more likely to have served in the military than those in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of people volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This puts Atherton around the middle mark when compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas, with the 20.9% rate sitting well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Queensland average.
12.9% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30096/atherton/topic/community