13.7% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroo Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kangaroo Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid childcare in Kangaroo Point than in most other areas, with only 13.3% of residents doing so. This trend of low unpaid care extends to housework and general caregiving. While these figures are low, 13.7% of the community still finds time to volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer their time, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere; only 11.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well below the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, the 8.1% of people providing unpaid care is well below the Australian average of 11.9%.
8.1% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 54% 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 Kangaroo Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305011108/kangaroo-point/topic/community