15.4% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charters Towers · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Charters Towers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are spending their spare time on unpaid work in Charters Towers compared to most other areas. While 15.4% of residents volunteer, the local rate of unpaid childcare and housework has dropped noticeably over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people in Charters Towers volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011 when 19.1% of the community helped out.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.3% providing care and 20.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The number of people caring for children unpaid has also fallen significantly since 2011, leaving it well below the state and national figures.
10.3% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.6% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314007/charters-towers/topic/community