16.7% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charleville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Charleville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Charleville provide unpaid care compared to the state and national figures. While about 16.7% of the community volunteer, the town sees much lower rates of people caring for children or doing heavy housework than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is a drop from 2011, when 21.9% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 19.3% of people caring for children and 17.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are well below the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 10.1% since 2011.
10.1% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 2.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.6%
Lower than 74% 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 Charleville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315017/charleville/topic/community