14.0% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cairns · State Electorate
Community Participation in Cairns
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Cairns are providing unpaid care and housework than they were in 2011. While volunteering remains steady, the most striking shift is the drop in those caring for children. This reflects a broader trend across the city where unpaid home responsibilities have noticeably declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Cairns volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a small decrease from 2011, when 15.3% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 21.2% of people caring for children and 15.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well below the national average and have fallen since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%, though it is about the same as the Queensland average.
3.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30014/cairns/topic/community