17.6% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kuranda · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kuranda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Kuranda's levels of community involvement are generally typical for its area, though a high proportion of residents give their time to others. Around 17.6% of the population volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a strong local commitment to unpaid work and community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people in Kuranda volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when volunteering sat at 20.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than the national figure at 22.7%, but 24.9% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, those providing other forms of unpaid care rose to 12.5% since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 57% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL315049/kuranda/topic/community