20.6% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cunnamulla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cunnamulla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.6% of people in Cunnamulla volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the town, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The rate of volunteering is 20.6%, which is 6.5 percentage points higher than in both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 16.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 9.6% provide unpaid care and 23.0% care for children unpaid, all of which are well below the national figures.
9.6% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 its level, with 2.7% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Cunnamulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30767/cunnamulla/topic/community