13.3% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iama (Yam) Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Iama (Yam) Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care on Iama (Yam) Island compared to the rest of the country. While the island has a very high rate of former Defence Force members, other forms of community work and care have declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is low across the board, with only 6.6% of people providing care for others, a figure well below the national 11.9%. Similarly, those caring for children (22.4%) and doing significant housework (18.4%) are also well below the Queensland and national figures.
6.6% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
A striking 8.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
8.1%
Higher than 97% 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 Iama (Yam) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322059/iama-island/topic/community