12.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiama - Shellharbour · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Kiama - Shellharbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people than usual in Kiama - Shellharbour spend their time on unpaid work at home. While volunteering has dropped, there is a strong presence of people providing care and housework. These trends highlight a community focused heavily on family and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 4.0 percentage points since 2011 to 12.3%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher than usual 28.0% of residents providing unpaid childcare.
13.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.6% 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.
2.6%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10703/kiama-shellharbour/topic/community