16.3% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Queenstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Queenstown than in most other areas, with only 19.9% doing so. This is well below both the state and national figures. Other forms of community involvement and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% but slightly below the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, 13.6% of the community provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 proportion of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.5%
Higher 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 Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60531/queenstown/topic/community