28.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cinnabar · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Cinnabar compared to most similar areas. Almost 29% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of giving extends to the home, where unpaid care and housework are also more common than usual.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of people pitching in. This is 14 percentage points higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
28.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is a big part of life in Cinnabar, as 36.5% of people look after children unpaid, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This goes along with higher rates of unpaid housework (27.0%) and general unpaid care (14.3%) compared to most areas.
14.3% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 6.2%, this is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Cinnabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30609/cinnabar/topic/community