21.7% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springsure · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Springsure
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Springsure volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out, although the number of volunteers has fallen 11 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 8.1% of people providing such care. This includes those caring for children (22.7%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.9%), both of which have fallen since 2011.
8.1% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 less common in Springsure, where 2.0% of people have served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 86% 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 Springsure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321096/springsure/topic/community