17.9% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanimbla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kanimbla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.9% of people in Kanimbla volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly in caring for children, where rates are much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.6% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 21.9% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework and 11.7% provide other unpaid care.
11.7% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Kanimbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31483/kanimbla/topic/community