16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currajah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currajah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of unpaid caregiving defines the community spirit in Currajah, where 14.8% of people provide care for others. This is well above the Queensland figure, reflecting a local tendency to support others more than in typical areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents in Currajah volunteer their time, which is a little above both the state and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.8% of people provide unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national figure of 20.7%. The 24.1% who provide unpaid childcare is a little below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Currajah has served in the Defence Force, a result that is 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 Currajah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30770/currajah/topic/community