21.2% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kirknie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kirknie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Kirknie than in most other areas, with 42.3% of the community doing so. This high level of family support is matched by a strong spirit of volunteering. The area is sparsely populated, but residents are significantly more likely to give their time to others than people across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 42.3% of people providing care—a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.2%) or providing other unpaid care (11.5%) are about the same as the state and national figures.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
No one in the community 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 Kirknie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31555/kirknie/topic/community