18.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cainbable · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cainbable
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Cainbable provide unpaid childcare, marking a standout feature of the local community. This area sees high levels of family and service-based contributions, with more people volunteering and serving in the military than in the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people volunteer here. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 33.3% of people caring for children and 26.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are at 9.7%, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
Military service is very common in Cainbable, where 6.9% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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 Cainbable [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30476/cainbable/topic/community