15.4% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ayr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ayr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Ayr involves a lower level of unpaid care and volunteering than in most similar areas. While 15.4% of people volunteer, the town has a notably lower rate of people caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people in Ayr volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare than across Australia, with only 21.5% doing so. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while those doing unpaid housework or general care are about the same as the state average.
11.0% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as Queensland's 3.9%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30110/ayr/topic/community