20.6% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiama · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Kiama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Kiama give their time as volunteers, making it a place where residents are much more active in their community than in most other areas. While this spirit of helping others is strong, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 5.4 points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life in Kiama involves a high amount of unpaid work, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national 20.7%. Unpaid care for children (26.9%) and general unpaid care (13.0%) are also both higher than in most other areas.
13.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the state average of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14400/kiama/topic/community