21.0% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenmore - Brookfield - Moggill · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Kenmore - Brookfield - Moggill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much more unpaid work and volunteering shapes daily life in Kenmore - Brookfield - Moggill than in other parts of the country. Around 21% of residents volunteer their time, and more people here provide unpaid care for children and the home compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most areas, with 21% of people pitching in, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is down 6.3 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in the area; 33.7% of people care for children and 26.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.5% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Four per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Kenmore - Brookfield - Moggill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30402/kenmore-brookfield-moggill/topic/community