17.4% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kelvin Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kelvin Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in Kelvin Grove give their time to volunteering, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community activity sits alongside a local population that is much less likely to provide unpaid care or housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 19.2% of people care for children unpaid and 13.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.3% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Kelvin Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31500/kelvin-grove/topic/community