9.8% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cairns City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cairns City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.8% of people in Cairns City volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care, where rates for child care and housework are among the lowest in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 7.2% of people caring for children and 8.0% doing heavy housework. Overall, the 5.4% of people providing some form of unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
5.4% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.2% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.0% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Cairns City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30478/cairns-city/topic/community