25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cairns Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cairns Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Cairns Bay volunteer, which is a far higher proportion than the national figure. This level of community involvement is a defining feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.0% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 34.4% of people care for children and 28.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, providing general unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.4%.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
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. This is well below the 4.0% for Tasmania and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Cairns Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60088/cairns-bay/topic/community