10.5% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Cleveland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Cleveland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Cape Cleveland and the rest of the country in how people spend their time. While very few residents volunteer or provide unpaid care, the area has a remarkably high number of people who served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than in most areas; for example, only 18.4% of residents care for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% national figure.
9.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 14.2% of people having served. This is far above the national figure of 2.8% and the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
14.2%
Higher 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 Cape Cleveland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30525/cape-cleveland/topic/community