15.8% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karrabin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karrabin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Karrabin, where 15.5% of people provide unpaid support to others. This community is more active in caregiving than most similar areas, though volunteering levels are lower than in many other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people in Karrabin volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and home duties are common here, with 28.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 24.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are well above those seen across the state and nation.
15.5% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Karrabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31489/karrabin/topic/community