19.2% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erub (Darnley) Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Erub (Darnley) Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people on Erub (Darnley) Island provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family support is part of a broader trend of community involvement, with many residents also volunteering or caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Queensland and Australia. However, this has fallen slightly by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, as 19.2% of people provide care and 40.6% look after children unpaid, both well above national figures. In contrast, only 10% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far below the national average.
19.2% ▲ +142.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% ▼ -60.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 7.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.9%
Higher than 96% 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 Erub (Darnley) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322041/erub-island/topic/community