25.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longreach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Longreach volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This high level of community involvement stands out as the main feature of local participation. Other forms of unpaid work and service are generally lower or typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are less common than usual. Only 9.5% of people provide unpaid care, and the 16.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
9.5% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Defence service is about the same as the national average, with 2.8% of the population having served. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/community