18.2% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tannum Sands - Boyne Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tannum Sands - Boyne Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Tannum Sands - Boyne Island give their time to others than in most parts of the country. About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping others is also seen in the high number of people who care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people giving their time, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very high at 31.8%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 10.9% of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
10.9% —
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
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.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Tannum Sands - Boyne Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314023/tannum-sands-boyne-island/topic/community