20.4% ▲ +51.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karragarra Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Karragarra Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer their time in Karragarra Island, making it a community far more active in unpaid work than most. This spirit of helping out is reflected in high rates of both volunteering and general unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown significantly since 2011 and now reaches 20.4%, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While very few people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 19% provide some form of unpaid care. Additionally, a far higher proportion than the national average, 33.6%, spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
19.0% ▲ +170.3%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% ▼ -79.4%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
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 little over 6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Queensland figure and well above the national average.
6.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Karragarra Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322066/karragarra-island/topic/community