14.3% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Carina provide unpaid childcare, though other forms of community work are less common. This describes a local community where home-based family support is a priority for many residents. While a small number of people volunteer, the area has a notably higher presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.3% of people providing it—a figure higher than most areas. However, those providing general unpaid care (10.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.3%) are both below the state and national averages.
10.5% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Carina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30538/carina/topic/community