7.7% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Curtis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Curtis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Port Curtis volunteer their time compared to other regions, with only 7.7% participating. This low level of community involvement stands out against a much higher national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas at 8.9%, and those caring for children unpaid are also lower than usual at 23.5%. However, 24.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.9% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having been in service.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Port Curtis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32351/port-curtis/topic/community