17.0% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
Local involvement has remained steady in Gregory River, where 17% of the population now volunteers. This level of community contribution is slightly higher than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 28.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, 11.1% provide unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.1% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
A higher share of the community has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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/SAL31251/gregory-river/topic/community