11.5% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambooya · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cambooya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of unpaid child carers defines the community spirit in Cambooya, where 35.6% of people provide this support. This figure is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution and service vary across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 35.6% of people providing help, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.9% provide other unpaid care—a figure that rose 5.2 percentage points since 2011—and 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.9% ▲ +67.5%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence service is more common in Cambooya than in most areas, with 4.8% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 75% of urban centre 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 Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315013/cambooya/topic/community