19.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kelsey Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kelsey Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of unpaid work and support shapes daily life in Kelsey Creek. Nearly 40% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average, while nearly one in five residents spend their spare time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The level of unpaid work is very high, with 39.8% of people caring for children and 31.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are far above the state and national averages. However, 11.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.4% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kelsey Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31498/kelsey-creek/topic/community