21.7% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kenmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 21.7% of people in Kenmore volunteer their time. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with a very strong focus on both volunteering and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are very prominent in Kenmore, where 36.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure far above the national average. This is consistent with a higher rate of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (26.2%) and 13.2% providing other forms of unpaid care.
13.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of residents having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Kenmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31504/kenmore/topic/community