21.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crawford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crawford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines Crawford, where 21.5% of people give their time to help others. This strong community spirit is paired with slightly higher rates of unpaid care and housework compared to national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.5% of residents helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is slightly more frequent than usual, with 27.8% of people caring for children and 13.2% providing other unpaid care. Around 23.6% of the population also do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
No one in Crawford has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Crawford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30745/crawford/topic/community