10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kennedy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kennedy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Kennedy than in the rest of the state. While 30.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid home chores, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.0% of people in Kennedy volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.5% of people helping out. While fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the national figure, 30.9% do significant housework, which is far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
14.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 Kennedy has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31506/kennedy/topic/community