19.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kullogum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kullogum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Kullogum spend their spare time volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a very high number of residents who handle significant amounts of housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.0% of people here volunteer, a rate that is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 40.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing unpaid care or looking after children is lower than most other areas.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Kullogum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31580/kullogum/topic/community