12.2% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over 12% of people in Carrara volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most other similar areas. This community sees rates of unpaid care and military service that generally sit around the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little below both the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Other unpaid work is less common here, with 20.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 10.9% providing general unpaid care.
10.9% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Carrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30550/carrara/topic/community