15.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kembla Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kembla Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do unpaid housework in Kembla Heights than in the rest of the country. This community shows strong levels of local contribution, with a notable number of residents providing unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 34.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 29.0% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the New South Wales average.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.6% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12101/kembla-heights/topic/community