22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kents Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kents Lagoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in Kents Lagoon than in most similar areas. About 22% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of giving extends to unpaid care, where local participation is among the highest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out, a rate that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 22% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 11.9%. While 28% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average, only 10% spend 15 or more hours on housework, a rate far below the national 20.7%.
22.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Kents Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31509/kents-lagoon/topic/community