16.2% —
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kununurra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kununurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Helping out and supporting others is a part of daily life in Kununurra, where 16.2% of people volunteer. While this is higher than most similar areas, the local rate of volunteering has fallen by 6.3 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure around the national average—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.5%) and those providing general unpaid care (7.5%) are well below state and national levels.
7.5% —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.5% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.1% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.1%
Lower than 71% 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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011265/kununurra/topic/community