10.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Caboolture · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Caboolture
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define daily life in Upper Caboolture, where 33.6% of people look after children without pay. While few residents volunteer for community groups, there is a strong presence of people supporting family members and those who have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 15.1% of people providing unpaid care and 23.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the Queensland average.
15.1% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Upper Caboolture [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32901/upper-caboolture/topic/community