20.0% ▲ +97.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keriri Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keriri Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care on Keriri Island compared to the rest of the country. Half of the residents look after children without pay, and volunteering is much more common here than in the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 44.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 21.2% providing unpaid care. These figures are far above the national averages.
21.2% ▲ +157.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.1% ▲ +226.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 44.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common than in most areas, with 6.4% of the population having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Keriri Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31515/keriri-island/topic/community