16.3% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Qunaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Qunaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Qunaba sits around the middle of similar areas for most forms of community involvement, though it has a notably strong history of military service. About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is slightly above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.3% of people giving their time, a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 23.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—slightly below the state and national figures—a much higher 25.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 5.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is higher than the 2.8% national average.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Qunaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32379/qunaba/topic/community