19.8% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keppel Sands · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Keppel Sands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Keppel Sands now volunteer, a figure that has risen sharply since 2011. This small area sees much higher levels of community and unpaid support than most other similar places. It is also home to a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five residents (19.8%) volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia. This reflects a significant increase of 6.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 14.9% of people providing such support, which is well above the state figure. While 24.8% do a lot of housework, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid (15.5%) is far below the national average.
14.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% ▲ +114.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 in Keppel Sands than in most other areas, with 6.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322069/keppel-sands/topic/community