16.4% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Community Participation in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering than the national average marks the community participation profile for Not in any Significant Urban Area (Qld). Around 16.4% of people here volunteer, though this is a fall from the 21.3% seen in 2011. The region also has a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is higher than most areas, despite the rate falling 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, 23.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is provided by 12.1% of the population, about the same as the rest of the country.
12.1% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 4.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 76% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/community