20.5% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Killara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.5% of people in Killara volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, as residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.5% of residents helping out, a figure well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Killara provide unpaid care for children (29.3%) and do 15 or more hours of housework (25.2%) than is typical across the state. Those providing general unpaid care sit at 12.4%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.4% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%, which is lower than in most other similar areas.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12137/killara/topic/community