14.2% ▲ +25.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Normanton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Normanton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Normanton contribute unpaid care or volunteer than in most similar areas. While 14.2% of residents volunteer, the number of people providing unpaid care for others is much lower than in other typical areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown to 14.2% since 2011, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (13.0%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 8.6%, and those caring for children unpaid fell to 24.5% over the last decade.
8.6% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Lower than 65% 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 Normanton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321079/normanton/topic/community