15.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kolonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kolonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Kolonga apart from the rest of the state. While 21.2% of people provide unpaid care, very few residents are involved in child care or defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Kolonga volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (36.4%) and those providing unpaid care (21.2%), both of which are well above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are at 0.0%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
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 residents in Kolonga have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Kolonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31566/kolonga/topic/community