22.5% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taroom · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Taroom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Taroom volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This own-initiative spirit is a standout feature for the town, where 22.5% of residents give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Taroom are much higher than in most similar areas, sitting at 22.5%. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia, and the number has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are much less common here than in most areas. The share of people providing unpaid care fell to 9.5%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework dropped sharply since 2011 to 18.0%.
9.5% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Taroom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321100/taroom/topic/community