18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kidaman Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kidaman Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 6.5% of residents in Kidaman Creek have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure. While many locals contribute through volunteering, the area has a much lower rate of people caring for children than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare, at just 14.5%, which is far below the national figure. However, 27.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate well above the Australian average.
10.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. At 6.5%, the number of veterans is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
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 Kidaman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31524/kidaman-creek/topic/community