22.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenmore Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kenmore Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Kenmore Hills provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This is a community with a strong lean towards helping others, seen in high rates of volunteering and a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in the area; 31.7% care for children and 25.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 12.0% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.0% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31505/kenmore-hills/topic/community