23.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iron Range · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Iron Range
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people volunteer in Iron Range, making it a place where helping out is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of community spirit stands in contrast to the very low rates of unpaid domestic and childcare work found here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common, with 23.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 13.3% of people caring for children and 10% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Only 10% provide general unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure of 11.9%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
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 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Iron Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31407/iron-range/topic/community