13.3% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Craignish · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Craignish
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 7.3% of people in Craignish have served in the Defence Force. This level of service stands out in a community where unpaid care and housework are also more common than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most similar areas, with 13.3% of people helping out, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work than is typical, with 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the state and national figures of 20.7%.
14.7% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 7.3% of the population, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national rate of 2.8%.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Craignish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30742/craignish/topic/community