20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kilgin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kilgin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid care in Kilgin than in the rest of the state. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others, with significant numbers of people volunteering and serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people here volunteer, which is 20%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 28.9% of residents providing support—a figure far above the 11.9% national average. This includes 31.1% of people caring for children, which is much higher than most other areas.
28.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Defence service is also much more common here than in most areas. About 6.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
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 Kilgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12134/kilgin/topic/community