0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fraser Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fraser Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Zero people reported volunteering or providing unpaid care in Fraser Island (L), placing it among the lowest areas for community participation. This sparsely populated area shows a sharp decline in community activity and care roles since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area volunteered in 2021, a far lower figure than the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 25.5% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far below state and national levels, with 0.0% of people caring for children, doing significant housework, or providing unpaid care. All three categories saw steep declines since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322047/fraser-island/topic/community