16.0% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kedron · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kedron
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 28% of people in Kedron provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most similar areas. This high level of family care stands out in a community where other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is common, only 10.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas.
10.2% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Kedron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31497/kedron/topic/community