11.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cabbage Tree Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cabbage Tree Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people do unpaid housework in Cabbage Tree Point than in the national figure. While many residents take on caring roles at home, a smaller proportion of the population spends their time volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with 11.5% of people helping out. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures and has fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week (25.5%) are well above the national figure, though this has fallen since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 63% 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 Cabbage Tree Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322024/cabbage-tree-point/topic/community