13.7% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sarina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sarina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.4% of people in Sarina provide unpaid childcare, a figure that mirrors the state and national averages. Most community activity here is typical for the region, with steady levels of volunteering and defence service. It is a place where home and care duties align closely with trends seen across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly less common here than in most other areas. At 13.7%, the rate is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are common, with 26.4% of people caring for children and 22.7% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure. However, the 10.6% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.6% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 represented by 3.2% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32518/sarina/topic/community