18.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Evans Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Evans Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Evans Head volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen in a population that is more likely to give back and support others compared to the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, a rate well above the 14.1% seen across Australia, though this is 3 percentage points lower than in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing support—well above the national figure—even though the share of people caring for children is well below the state average.
15.3% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 4.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre 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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115057/evans-head/topic/community