19.8% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Killarney Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Killarney Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Killarney Heights volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. Residents here are also far more likely to provide unpaid childcare and manage housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people volunteer, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas but remains well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 33.3% of people caring for children unpaid—much higher than most areas. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual 26.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
13.5% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 1.7%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Killarney Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12138/killarney-heights/topic/community