6.4% ▼ -72.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pormpuraaw · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pormpuraaw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid care work has risen sharply in Pormpuraaw since 2011, while formal volunteering has dropped. These shifts highlight a community where a huge proportion of people now spend their time supporting family and children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering has fallen significantly, with only 6.4% of people now volunteering. This is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 45.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home work is consistent with the 37.4% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate far above the national 26.3%.
20.7% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.4% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.5% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 3.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321086/pormpuraaw/topic/community