17.6% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cashmere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cashmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.1% of people in Cashmere provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community with high levels of family responsibility and a strong commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond childcare, unpaid housework is more common here than average, with 25.6% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Around 12.3% of the population provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.9% of residents having served, well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Cashmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30556/cashmere/topic/community