40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caroline Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caroline Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people volunteer in Caroline Crossing, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where far more residents provide unpaid care for children and do housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 40.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work at home is frequent, as 43.8% of people care for children and 31.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are few at 9.4%, which is a little below the national average.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.8% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that 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 Caroline Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30546/caroline-crossing/topic/community