15.9% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kandanga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kandanga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are providing unpaid care and volunteering in Kandanga compared to a decade ago. While 15.9% of residents now volunteer, this is a drop from 21.4% in 2011. The area's community involvement has shifted, with a notable decrease in those performing unpaid housework and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people in Kandanga volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is a fall of 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.2% of people providing care—well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell to 19.2%, while the share of people caring for children unpaid rose to 23.1%.
8.2% ▼ -62.6%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as Queensland's 3.9%.
4.0%
Higher than 60% 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 Kandanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322065/kandanga/topic/community