18.2% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erakala · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Erakala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 18.2% of people in Erakala volunteer their time. This community shows a strong trend of giving back, with volunteering rates rising by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. While many residents contribute to their neighbourhood, those providing unpaid care for others are much less common than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This represents a steady increase from 13.9% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28% of people provide unpaid childcare—slightly more than the national average—other forms of unpaid work are less common. Only 8% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
8.0% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 typical for the region, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as the 2.8% national average.
3.4%
Lower than 56% 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 Erakala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322040/erakala/topic/community