18.5% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaloon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaloon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Kangaloon spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This level of home activity is a standout feature of the area's community participation. While many residents contribute at home, others are active in the broader community through volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 21.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—about 11% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.0% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
Defence service is less common in Kangaloon than in most similar areas, with 1.7% of the population having served, a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality 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 Kangaloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12066/kangaloon/topic/community