15.3% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cloncurry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cloncurry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework set Cloncurry apart from other Queensland towns. While 15.3% of the population volunteers, a striking 6.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people in Cloncurry volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here; only 6.6% of people provide unpaid care and 16.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures. Those caring for children unpaid sit at 24.5%, a little below the national average of 26.3%.
6.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
A higher than usual share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Cloncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30628/cloncurry/topic/community