27.2% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Injune · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Injune
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Injune spend their spare time volunteering, a rate far above the national figure. This strong commitment to community work defines local life, even as other forms of unpaid care and housework have declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.2% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, although the figure fell 3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in other areas, as only 4.6% of people provide unpaid care and 16.3% do 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well below the national average and have fallen significantly since 2011. Meanwhile, 23.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the state figure.
4.6% ▼ -64.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 represented by 3.7% of the population. This is about the same as the 3.9% for Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.7%
Higher than 54% 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 Injune
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Injune [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322062/injune/topic/community