5.4% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kilbirnie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kilbirnie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Kilbirnie is marked by a strong focus on the home, where 33.9% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While many residents are busy with family duties, very few take part in organised community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.4% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 30.4% of residents providing unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 10.7% who provide other types of unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most other areas, with 5.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Kilbirnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31526/kilbirnie/topic/community