15.8% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalkie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalkie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 4.5% of residents in Kalkie have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While many locals provide a range of unpaid support at home, the area also sees a fair amount of community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 28.2% of people caring for children, a figure a little above the national average. Around 13.5% of residents provide other unpaid care, and 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.5% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is far more common here than in most other areas, with 4.5% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Kalkie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31474/kalkie/topic/community