13.3% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Unanderra - Mount Kembla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Unanderra - Mount Kembla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High rates of unpaid care define the local effort in Unanderra - Mount Kembla, where residents are much more likely to provide home support than people in most other areas. While volunteering has dropped, the community shows a strong commitment to family and domestic duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales and national rates, but it has fallen 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with higher rates of people providing general unpaid care (14.9%) and those caring for children (27.4%).
14.9% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Only 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Unanderra - Mount Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107011134/unanderra-mount-kembla/topic/community