19.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erub Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erub Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people on Erub Island provide unpaid child care than in other parts of the country. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and veterans' service. Around 40.6% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is a far higher figure than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life for many, as 19.2% of people provide unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by the 40.6% of residents who care for children unpaid, though only 10% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is far below the national average.
19.2% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
Military service is more common on the island than in most other areas. About 7.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.9%
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 Erub Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30983/erub-island/topic/community