12.3% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capalaba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Capalaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Capalaba provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than in most other areas. While many residents are busy with family care, there ever-growing number of people providing general unpaid support to others. This community is also home to a higher proportion of Defence Force veterans than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped in Capalaba, falling from 16.2% in 2011 to 12.3% in 2021. This rate is now a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.1% of people helping out, which is a little above the national figure. Around 12.7% of residents provide general unpaid care, a figure that has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 more common here than in most other areas, with 3.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
3.5%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301011004/capalaba/topic/community