21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kings Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kings Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people contribute their time to others in Kings Creek compared to the rest of the country. This is seen in the strong volunteering rates and a very high number of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, as 47.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 42.1% care for children. These figures are far above the national average of about 21% for housework and 26% for childcare.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 47.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kings Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31544/kings-creek/topic/community