12.5% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tully Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tully Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Tully Heads do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is well above the national figure and marks the most prominent way residents contribute their time. While many handle domestic duties and caregiving, formal volunteering is less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 13.8%. However, 13.8% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the 11.9% typical for Australia.
13.8% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% of residents having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Tully Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32883/tully-heads/topic/community