8.2% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurunjang - Toolern Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kurunjang - Toolern Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.2% of people volunteer in Kurunjang - Toolern Vale, a figure that is well below the national average. While formal volunteering is low, a high number of residents are heavily involved in unpaid care and family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Very few people here volunteer their time, with the 8.2% rate sitting well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 30% of people care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with the 14% of residents providing other forms of unpaid care, a rate much higher than most areas.
14.0% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 74% 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 Kurunjang - Toolern Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041576/kurunjang-toolern-vale/topic/community