5.4% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palm Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 32.5% of people provide unpaid childcare on Palm Island, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support contrasts with very low rates of formal volunteering and housework across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is among the lowest of any similar area, with only 5.4% of residents pitching in, well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare support is much higher than most areas, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are far below the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is 10.6%, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.6% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is a little below both the Queensland and national figures.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32260/palm-island/topic/community