16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Gloucester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Gloucester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former military personnel defines Cape Gloucester, where 8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure. Other community activities are more typical for the region, though fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the share of people providing unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 17.6%, 25.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the rest of the country at 12.2%.
12.2% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
The 8% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national figure.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Cape Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30527/cape-gloucester/topic/community