17.4% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kuranda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kuranda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Kuranda volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency to help others, whether through formal volunteering or by taking on a larger share of unpaid housework than people in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 23.6% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national figure, 24.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%. About 12.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.4% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31589/kuranda/topic/community