21.8% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kureelpa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kureelpa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in Kureelpa volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Kureelpa, where 30.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the area having a much higher rate of people providing unpaid care at 16.1%, while those caring for children unpaid sit at 24.1%, slightly below the state average.
16.1% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.7%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.8% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Kureelpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31590/kureelpa/topic/community