3.0% ▼ -89.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kowanyama · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kowanyama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering marks the biggest change in Kowanyama since 2011. While only 3.0% of people now volunteer, childcare duties are a major part of local life, with 34.0% of residents caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply by 26 percentage points since 2011. At 3.0%, this is now far below the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is common here, with 34.0% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, only 4.5% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the 11.9% seen across Australia.
4.5% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force. At 2.3%, this is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Kowanyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321062/kowanyama/topic/community