25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kelvinhaugh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kelvinhaugh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and home care mark Kelvinhaugh as a place of strong local contribution. A quarter of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are common here, with 42.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid home chores—far above the 20.7% national average. However, the 7.5% of people providing general unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.5% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
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, which is lower than most 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 Kelvinhaugh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31501/kelvinhaugh/topic/community