14.8% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kuraby · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kuraby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Kuraby provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This highlight of family support defines the area's community participation, even as other forms of volunteering and service remain more typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. However, this rate has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.6% of people contributing. Other forms of care are more standard, with 21.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.1% providing general unpaid care.
11.1% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.6%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Kuraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303061077/kuraby/topic/community