19.6% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiama · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kiama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Kiama sits around the middle of similar areas for most community activities, though it has a very active volunteer base. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people in Kiama volunteer, a rate that is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing care and 25.1% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the 23.6% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the state and national rates.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12124/kiama/topic/community