18.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alligator Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alligator Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.1% of people in Alligator Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is far above the national figure and highlights a strong trend of unpaid work in the area. Local residents are also more likely to volunteer and serve in the defence force than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people pitching in, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, as 14.0% of people provide care and 31.1% do heavy housework, both of which are higher than the national figures. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid make up 24.1% of the population, a little below the state average.
14.0% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 very common in Alligator Creek, with 7.4% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% in Queensland and the 2.8% across Australia.
7.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/community