16.9% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurwongbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kurwongbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Kurwongbah provide unpaid childcare, making it a standout area for family support. This high level of home-based care is mirrored in other forms of community contribution, including a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents are volunteers, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.7% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with other high rates of unpaid work, including 25.5% who do at least 15 hours of housework and 14.2% who provide general unpaid care.
14.2% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 5.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31596/kurwongbah/topic/community