28.6% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ilfracombe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ilfracombe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Ilfracombe, where the proportion of volunteers has remained exceptionally high. About 28.6% of people here volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 28.6% of residents helping out, far exceeding the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 8.9% of people providing care and 19.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures being a little below the national average.
8.9% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 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 Ilfracombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31383/ilfracombe/topic/community