17.8% —
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Remainder of State/Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in the Remainder of State/Territory (Qld) volunteer and perform unpaid housework than in most similar areas. This region shows a strong commitment to community and home support, with 17.8% of people volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is a significant part of life for 26.0% of residents, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide unpaid care—a little above the state average—while 24.7% care for children unpaid, slightly below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
12.8% —
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% —
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% —
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of people having served. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 60% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL331001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/community