14.2% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingston · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Kingston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare in Kingston, which is well above both the state and national figures. While many residents step up to care for others, the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011. This creates a community profile where home-based care is common, but formal volunteering is less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for its level. This figure is a little below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Kingston, with 13.6% of people providing care—a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. This is alongside a high rate of people caring for children (29.5%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (21.9%).
13.6% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.4%, this is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate 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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED406/kingston/topic/community