18.4% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chillagoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chillagoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Chillagoe has remained steady over the last decade, with a particularly strong culture of volunteering. About 18.4% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the national and state figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Chillagoe volunteer, a rate of 18.4% that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 16.7%, and overall unpaid care is well below the national figure. However, 23% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Queensland average.
7.5% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +53.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Chillagoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30601/chillagoe/topic/community