17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cawdor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cawdor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Cawdor than in the rest of the state. This community is more active than average in both volunteering and home-based work, with 41.7% of residents caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home-based work is very high, with 28.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. This aligns with the fact that 41.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. However, only 9.3% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
9.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 around the middle for areas like this, with 2.3% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below the Queensland average.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Cawdor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30565/cawdor/topic/community