18.3% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiama Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kiama Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Kiama Heights do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure well above the national average. This high level of home-based work is a key feature of the area's community contribution. Residents are also more likely to volunteer and serve in the military than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 29.6% doing significant housework and 28.4% caring for children, both well above state and national figures. However, the 11.7% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
11.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.6%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.2%
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12126/kiama-heights/topic/community