13.6% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kabra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kabra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of home-based work defines Kabra, where 27% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This figure is well above the national average. While many locals focus on domestic duties, other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most other areas, with 13.6% of people helping out. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are common, as 27.2% of people care for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas. However, only 7.8% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the national average.
7.8% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality 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 Kabra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31465/kabra/topic/community