23.5% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingborough · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Kingborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Kingborough volunteer their time, reflecting a strong culture of community contribution. This level of participation is well above both the state and national figures, and has remained steady over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.5% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. This is 5.5 percentage points above the Tasmanian figure and 9.4 points above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.5% of people caring for children, a figure well above the national average. This is alongside a higher than usual 23.7% who do over 15 hours of housework and 13.5% providing general unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population. This is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 87% 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 Kingborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63610/kingborough/topic/community