19.5% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroo Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaroo Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Strong rates of volunteering and caregiving define the community spirit in Kangaroo Creek. About 19.5% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents here are also much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.5%) volunteer here. This is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents provide a high amount of unpaid support, with 29.9% providing unpaid care and 39.1% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly; both figures are far above the national average. However, only 14.9% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
29.9% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
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 more common here than in most areas. About 4.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Kangaroo Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12067/kangaroo-creek/topic/community