17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keinbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keinbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Keinbah provide unpaid care and support than in most similar areas. This includes a very high rate of childcare and housework, alongside a strong presence of former Defence Force members. About 17.1% of the population also give their time as volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 17.1% of residents who volunteer is around the middle for similar areas, though this is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 41.5% of people caring for children and 37.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the national average. Additionally, 14.6% provide other types of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.8% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 37.8%
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 very high 8.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure well above both the Australian average of 2.8% and the state figure of 2.3%.
8.1%
Higher than 92% 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 Keinbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12092/keinbah/topic/community