17.3% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emerald · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Emerald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Emerald provide unpaid childcare than in the rest of the state, with 33.2% of residents doing so. While these care levels are high, the area has seen a decline in local volunteering over the last decade. This mix of high family care and lower general volunteering defines the town's current community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Emerald volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 22.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major unpaid commitment here, with 33.2% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, only 8% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national rate of 11.9%, and 19.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, slightly below the national figure.
8.0% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Only 2.1% of residents in Emerald have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313004/emerald/topic/community