How many Queenslanders volunteer?
According to the ABS Census 2016, there are currently 714,138 volunteers in Queensland or 18.8% of the population.
Barcoo (39.7%) has the largest percentage of people volunteering, followed by Diamantina (36.8%), Quilpie (36.1%), Barcaldine (36.0%), Blackall-Tambo (33.4%), Longreach (33.2%), Winton (31.5%), and Balonne (30.8%).
Doomadgee (4.9%), Aurakun (7.9%), Lockhart River (8.7%), Logan (14.6%), and Gold Coast (14.9%) have the lowest participation rates in volunteering.
Our capital city, Brisbane has a 20.45% participation rate in volunteering.
Volunteering in rural and regional communities is higher than that in metropolitan areas.
Previously there were approx. 980,000 volunteers in Queensland in 2014, 1.2 million volunteers in 2010 and 1.1 million volunteers in 2006.