11.7% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karawatha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karawatha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of residents now provide unpaid childcare in Karawatha compared to previous years. While many people help out at home, this area has a very low number of former Defence Force members and volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is common here, with 33.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the share of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at just 7.0%.
7.0% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure 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 Karawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31488/karawatha/topic/community