18.1% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kerry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kerry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are contributing their time to others in Kerry than in the wider state. The area is defined by a strong culture of unpaid work, with 34.3% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents pitching in, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Kerry, where 15.0% of people provide care and 27.6% look after children. This is higher than most areas, especially for housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.0% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the 3.9% in Queensland and 2.8% across Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Kerry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31516/kerry/topic/community