11.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingsbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kingsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Kingsbury than in the rest of the state. This gap is part of a broader pattern where residents are less likely to engage in unpaid care or volunteer work than those in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.6% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure and represents a 4.0 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than average, with only 19.9% of people caring for children and 16.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 11.5% since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +34.1%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 1.5% of people having served. This is much lower than most other similar areas and a little below the Australian figure.
1.5%
Lower than 81% 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 Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021205/kingsbury/topic/community