21.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
King Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in King Scrub
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 21.7% of people in King Scrub volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, with rates of volunteering and child care far exceeding those seen across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very high at 35%, and 29.2% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national figures. However, 11.2% providing other unpaid care is about the same as the national average.
11.2% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.2% of the population having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 King Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31540/king-scrub/topic/community