4.7% ▼ -73.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Palm Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Palm Island involves a high level of family support, though formal community volunteering has dropped significantly. Only 4.7% of residents now volunteer, a sharp fall from 17.5% in 2011, while over a third of the population provides unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region at 4.7%, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 33% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 10.3%, a rate far below the 20.7% seen across the country.
11.1% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▼ -57.4%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 1.4%, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.4%
Lower than 91% 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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315077/palm-island/topic/community