32.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carstairs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carstairs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Carstairs than in most other areas, with 32.9% of residents giving their time. This strong community spirit is matched by a high level of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, at 32.9%, which is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Carstairs, where 24.4% of people provide care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This sits alongside a higher than usual 28% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, while those caring for children unpaid are about the same as the state average at 25.6%.
24.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate 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 Carstairs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30554/carstairs/topic/community