18.7% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camooweal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camooweal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Camooweal volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. While community spirit is strong, other forms of unpaid work and service are far less common here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here; only 3.7% of people provide unpaid care and 9.1% do over 15 hours of housework, both far below national levels. Similarly, the 21.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
3.7% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.1% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Camooweal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30502/camooweal/topic/community