18.8% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cushnie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cushnie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines daily life in Cushnie, where nearly one in five people volunteer. This community is much more active in helping others than the national average, with high rates of unpaid care and a significant number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.4% of people providing care and 28.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 23.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 very common here, with 8.3% of residents having served. This is well above the 3.9% for Queensland and more than double the national figure of 2.8%.
8.3%
Higher than 92% 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 Cushnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30778/cushnie/topic/community