14.3% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kin Kin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kin Kin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.2% of residents in Kin Kin spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This high level of home-based work is the most prominent feature of community activity in the area. Other forms of unpaid care and volunteering are more common here than in some areas, but align closely with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is fairly typical for the region, with 14.3% of people giving their time, a result about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of people providing care and 26.1% looking after children, both of which are around the middle for similar areas. Notably, the 30.2% of people doing significant unpaid housework is much higher than most other areas.
13.2% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 less common in Kin Kin than in most similar places, with only 2.0% of residents having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Kin Kin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31534/kin-kin/topic/community