11.8% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambooya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cambooya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Cambooya stands out from similar areas for its high rates of family care and military service. While 34.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, the local volunteer rate of 11.8% is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 34.3%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, and 13.3% provide some form of unpaid care, both slightly above state and national levels.
13.3% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30496/cambooya/topic/community