13.3% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tully Heads · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tully Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong presence of former service members marks daily life in Tully Heads, where 7.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While many locals contribute significant time to housework, those who volunteer have dropped sharply to just 13.3% of the population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply since 2011, dropping 19 points to 13.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are among the lowest at this level at 13.8%.
13.6% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 7.3% of the community. This is among the highest proportions for similar areas and is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
7.3%
Higher than 93% 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 Tully Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322127/tully-heads/topic/community