7.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Daintree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Lower Daintree involves more home-based responsibilities than in other parts of the country. While few people volunteer for organisations, nearly 30% of residents are busy caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 29.5% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 24.4% also do 15 or more hours of housework a week, though the 11.5% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Lower Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31692/lower-daintree/topic/community