10.4% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kearsley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kearsley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap in volunteering marks the community in Kearsley, where only 10.4% of people give their time to others. While this is well below the national figure, there is a strong local commitment to family and home life. More people here provide unpaid care for children and handle housework compared to the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 10.4% of residents taking part. This is a little below the New South Wales figure and well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common in Kearsley, where 27.7% of people care for children unpaid—a rate higher than most areas. This is consistent with more people doing 15 or more hours of housework (24.6%) and a slightly higher rate of general unpaid care (13.2%) compared to the state and nation.
13.2% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Kearsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12088/kearsley/topic/community