14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goldfields · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goldfields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 31% of people provide unpaid care in Goldfields, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high level of caregiving, despite other forms of community and domestic work being less common. Most residents do not have a background in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While very few people here provide unpaid childcare or do 15 or more hours of housework compared to the rest of the state, a huge 31% provide other forms of unpaid care. This is far above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
31.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31181/goldfields/topic/community