17.4% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emerald · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emerald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Emerald (Qld) spend their time helping others, with 33.3% of residents providing unpaid childcare. While these figures are well above the national average, the area sits around the middle of similar regions for general volunteering and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. However, this sits alongside much lower rates of general unpaid care compared to the state and nation, at just 8.0%.
8.0% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower 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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30973/emerald/topic/community