15.7% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kowguran · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kowguran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 14.6% of residents in Kowguran have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for this kind of area. While volunteering is slightly more common here than across the state, the community is most notable for its high levels of unpaid housework and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% 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 housework is common, with 29.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 13.7% provide unpaid care—a little above the national average—the rate of people caring for children is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
Military service is very common in Kowguran, with 14.6% of the population having served. This is far above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% across Australia.
14.6%
Higher 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 Kowguran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31576/kowguran/topic/community