9.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kearns · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kearns
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Kearns has seen shifting patterns, with only 9.6% of residents volunteering. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. While formal volunteering is low, many people here contribute through unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of people in Kearns volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.1% of people providing such support, a figure a little above the national level. This includes 26.6% of residents caring for children unpaid and 23.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.1% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Kearns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12087/kearns/topic/community