19.2% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes Water · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Agnes Water
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in local priorities has seen volunteering rise while unpaid care has dropped significantly in Agnes Water since 2011. Roughly 1 in 5 residents now volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is also more likely to include former Defence Force members than most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown here, rising 3.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.2%. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people are providing unpaid childcare compared to other areas, with 17.9% doing so—a drop of 21 percentage points since 2011. This trend is mirrored in unpaid housework, which fell to 21.7%, while the 10.1% of people providing general unpaid care has barely changed.
10.1% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -53.5%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.1%, this is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 78% 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 Agnes Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315001/agnes-water/topic/community