23.9% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willows Gemfields · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Willows Gemfields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Willows Gemfields volunteer, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%. This small area shows a strong tendency toward community and unpaid work, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011. It is also a place with a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.9% of people helping out, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figures, even though the rate fell by 7.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care work is frequent, with 16.3% of people providing care and 29.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, only 8.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state average and a huge drop from 2011.
16.3% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.7% ▼ -85.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +184.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
A high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 10.5%, this is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
10.5%
Higher 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 Willows Gemfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322134/willows-gemfields/topic/community