24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Carrington, where nearly a quarter of the population volunteers. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place where people are highly active in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of residents giving their time. This is 10 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 22.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the 26.3% national figure—other forms of support are more common. Unpaid care for others (16.6%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.4%) are both well above the national average.
16.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 very prominent in Carrington, with 9.3% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
9.3%
Higher than 94% 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 Carrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30551/carrington/topic/community