12.4% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroo Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaroo Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Kangaroo Point is shaped by a high level of unpaid care and family support. While 14.1% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas—volunteering rates are notably low compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are common here, with 27.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with more people providing unpaid care generally (14.1%) and 23.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.1% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
Very few people in the area have served in the Defence Force. At 1.0%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12068/kangaroo-point/topic/community