13.0% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kirwan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kirwan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Kirwan has shifted over the last decade, with a particularly strong link to the military. While fewer people now volunteer compared to other areas, the number of residents who have served in the Defence Force is remarkably high.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people in Kirwan volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid child care than in most areas, with 28.9% doing so. Meanwhile, 12.2% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
12.2% ▲ +34.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 very common here, with 8.6% of people having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for this level of area.
8.6%
Higher than 92% 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 Kirwan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31558/kirwan/topic/community