9.2% ▼ -66.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Black River · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Black River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 36.1% of people in Black River (L) provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents are heavily involved in home and family care, very few now spend their time volunteering in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian averages. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 27.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in this area, with 27.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is much higher than most areas, alongside a little above average rate of 13.6% providing other types of unpaid care.
13.6% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.1% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 Black River (L), where 7.9% of people have served. This is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
7.9%
Higher than 97% 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 Black River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321014/black-river/topic/community