17.5% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Atherton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Atherton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than average number of people volunteer their time in Atherton, making it a place where residents are very active in their local community. Around 17.5% of the population helps out in volunteer roles, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of people who volunteer has risen to 17.5% since 2011. This is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia, which both sit at 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing other forms of unpaid care have increased significantly since 2011, now reaching 12.7%.
12.7% ▲ +121.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 4.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and slightly higher than the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
4.6%
Higher than 72% 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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314001/atherton/topic/community