19.5% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kew · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kew
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Kew spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where local residents are highly active in providing unpaid support, both through home duties and broader community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, the community is much more likely to provide other types of unpaid care. Around 16.2% of residents provide this support, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%.
16.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
Military service is much more common in Kew than in most areas. About 6.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12117/kew/topic/community