15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sarabah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sarabah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Sarabah spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This level of home-based work is far above both the state and national figures, making it the most prominent feature of community life here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home duties are very common, with 46.6% of people doing significant housework and 29.3% caring for children. However, the 8.6% of residents providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
8.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 46.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is 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 Sarabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32517/sarabah/topic/community