8.5% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kembla Grange · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kembla Grange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities dominate community life in Kembla Grange, where 40.6% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is far above the national figure, though other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering, are much less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 10.7% of people provide general unpaid care, the area is notable for the 40.6% who care for children unpaid—a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. About 22.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little above the state figure.
10.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
About 2.0% of the community have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Kembla Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12100/kembla-grange/topic/community