19.0% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiama Downs - Minnamurra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kiama Downs - Minnamurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Kiama Downs - Minnamurra contribute their time to others than is typical across New South Wales. About 19% of residents volunteer, and over 31% provide unpaid childcare, both of which are well above the state and national figures. This reflects a community with very high levels of unpaid support and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 19% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%, although it has fallen 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 31.4% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 25.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 13.2% provide other unpaid care, both figures being higher than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
About 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Kiama Downs - Minnamurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031139/kiama-downs-minnamurra/topic/community