17.6% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kamerunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kamerunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Kamerunga sees 17.6% of its people giving their time to help others. This spirit of participation is a standout feature of the area compared to the rest of Queensland.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common here, with 31.2% of people doing so unpaid, which is well above the national figure. However, the 9.4% who provide other types of unpaid care and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are both much lower than most areas.
9.4% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Kamerunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31478/kamerunga/topic/community