16.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carruchan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carruchan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of home-based work defines daily life in Carruchan, where 30.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While many residents dedicate time to the home, others contribute through community volunteering and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people in Carruchan volunteer their time, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 11.6% of residents provide unpaid care, matching national levels, slightly fewer people care for children unpaid (24.6%) compared to the 26.3% seen across Australia.
11.6% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.9%, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Carruchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30552/carruchan/topic/community