22.2% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenilworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kenilworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Kenilworth contribute their time to the community and home compared to most similar areas. A striking 22.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.2% of people giving their time, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, 30.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is a little above the national average at 13.5%.
13.5% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.6% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31503/kenilworth/topic/community