12.3% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capalaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capalaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Capalaba has seen a shift since 2011, though current engagement levels vary across different roles. While a higher than usual number of residents have served in the Defence Force, the area sees fewer people volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people in Capalaba volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care for children than in most areas, with the rate sitting a little above the national figure at 29.2%. Overall, 12.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, while 21.4% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.7% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9% and slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30524/capalaba/topic/community