15.6% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cawarral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cawarral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual proportion of residents in Cawarral provide unpaid support to others compared to similar areas. While 15.6% of the community volunteer, the area is most notable for its high rates of unpaid housework and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 28.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week—well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25% provide unpaid childcare and 12.2% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national levels.
12.2% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 similar areas, with 4.3% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Cawarral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30564/cawarral/topic/community