27.8% ▲ +54.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Georgetown · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Georgetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 28% of people in Georgetown (L) volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This strong level of community involvement stands out as a primary feature of daily life in the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and the figure has risen by 9.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much lower than in most areas. Only 18.2% of people care for children unpaid and 5.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures and have fallen since 2011.
5.7% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 1.7% of the population having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.7%
Lower than 88% 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).
More for Georgetown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322048/georgetown/topic/community