16.1% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingsholme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingsholme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Kingsholme provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a strong focus on family care within the area, though community volunteering is less common than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 46.1% of people caring for children and 33% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the national average. Additionally, 15% provide other unpaid care, which is well above the Australian figure of 11.9%.
15.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.1% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure and lower than most similar areas.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Kingsholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31546/kingsholme/topic/community