20.0% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Capella volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national and state average. This level of community involvement is paired with high rates of unpaid childcare, though fewer residents provide general unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.0% of the community volunteer, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.8% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 23.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 7.8% provide general unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.8% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 Force veterans make up 2.6% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Capella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30530/capella/topic/community