15.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rita Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rita Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Rita Island provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the national figure. While few residents have served in the military, there is a modest level of community volunteering and general caregiving across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of the population volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia, despite being lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common here than in most areas, with 22.7% of people providing this care. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while general unpaid care is around the middle for its level at 12.7%.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
No one in Rita Island has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rita Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32434/rita-island/topic/community