15.1% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keperra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keperra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Keperra provide unpaid care for children, with 28.2% of residents doing so. This community also shows a very strong connection to the military compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 13.5% of residents provide care and 22.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are a little above the national average.
13.5% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 striking 7.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Keperra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31512/keperra/topic/community