12.8% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual proportion of people in North Arm provide unpaid care for others. While 14.3% of residents help out in this way, volunteering rates are much lower than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside 23.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
14.3% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 North Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32167/north-arm/topic/community