19.7% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalbar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalbar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community contribution mark Kalbar, where residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. Nearly 20% of the population volunteers their time, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of people in Kalbar volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside higher than usual rates of people providing unpaid care for others (14.3%) and children (27.4%).
14.3% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Kalbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31471/kalbar/topic/community