19.1% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carpendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carpendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid care in Carpendale compared to the rest of the country. While 22.5% of residents offer this support, the area is also marked by a strong spirit of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people in Carpendale volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 22.5% of people providing support and 34.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. Conversely, the 13.5% who provide unpaid childcare is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
22.5% ▲ +136.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -56.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 Carpendale has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the 3.9% recorded for Queensland.
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 Carpendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30547/carpendale/topic/community