15.6% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Kolan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Kolan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in South Kolan take part in volunteering and unpaid care than in most similar areas. While 15.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure, the area stands out for having a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than elsewhere, with 20.4% of people providing care compared to 26.3% nationally. However, 22.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
12.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A striking 5.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 South Kolan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32593/south-kolan/topic/community