13.5% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alice River · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alice River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Alice River provide unpaid childcare than in the rest of the country. While about 36% of residents look after children without pay, the area also has a very high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly here, falling 12 points since 2011 to 13.5%. This is lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people caring for children unpaid rose 10 points since 2011 to 36%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher than usual 25.4% of people who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.8% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 very common in Alice River, where 11.2% of people have served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
11.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315002/alice-river/topic/community