14.2% ▼ -54.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flying Fish Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Flying Fish Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in volunteers has shaped the community spirit in Flying Fish Point since 2011. While 14.2% of people now volunteer, this is a 17 point drop from the 31.6% recorded a decade ago. Local participation levels now sit about the same as the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is roughly equal to the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, at 19.0%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a little above the state average of 20.7%.
11.3% ▲ +110.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Flying Fish Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322045/flying-fish-point/topic/community