24.4% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kureen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kureen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Kureen, where nearly one in four people volunteer. This is far above the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia. Residents here are much more likely to give their time to the community than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.4% of people in Kureen volunteer, which is 10 percentage points higher than the national and state averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a common unpaid activity here, with 33.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 24.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Queensland average of 26.5%.
11.0% ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.1% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 6.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Kureen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31591/kureen/topic/community