9.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gregory River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gregory River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Gregory River than in most other areas. While 21.6% of residents take on these roles, very few people in the area volunteer for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 21.6% of people doing so, which is far above the state average of 11.5%. This includes 27.5% of people caring for children unpaid, though only 19.6% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
21.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 well below the Queensland rate 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 Gregory River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31250/gregory-river/topic/community