8.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crownthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crownthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Crownthorpe than in most other areas, with 22.2% of residents stepping up to help others. While this level of care is very high, other forms of community involvement are much lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—many others are busy at home. A higher than usual 27.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 22.2% provide unpaid care, which is far above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
22.2% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
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 Crownthorpe has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Crownthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30758/crownthorpe/topic/community