21.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalinga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalinga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for community involvement, Kalinga is a place where 21.6% of people volunteer. This high level of civic engagement is matched by a strong presence of residents performing unpaid care and housework for their families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of residents giving their time. This 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 frequent, as 32.9% of people care for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher-than-average 24.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 2.2% of people in Kalinga have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Kalinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31472/kalinga/topic/community