15.9% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fraser Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fraser Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life on Fraser Island involves far less unpaid care and housework than in other parts of the country. Only 5.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. This creates a distinct community profile where traditional domestic care roles are much less common than elsewhere in Queensland.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people on Fraser Island volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here; only 7.9% of people care for children and 9.3% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
5.3% ▲ +66.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.9% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 area has a higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 3.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31081/fraser-island/topic/community