19.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kentville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kentville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Kentville compared to the rest of the country. While 19.6% of residents give their time to help others, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in most areas, with only 19.6% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%. This trend extends to other tasks, with fewer people providing general unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 total of 3.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Kentville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31511/kentville/topic/community