13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroobie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaroobie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Kangaroobie has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid care is now a major part of local life. A quarter of the population provides unpaid care, which is a far higher rate than across New South Wales or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but roughly the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Kangaroobie, with 25% of people providing unpaid care—far above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This is mirrored by the 26.9% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national average.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kangaroobie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12070/kangaroobie/topic/community