22.8% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Killcare Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Killcare Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with 22.8% of Killcare Heights residents giving their time to others. This local commitment to helping out is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in the area, with a rate well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is much higher than most areas. This sits alongside the 13.1% who provide unpaid care, a figure a little above the national average.
13.1% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Killcare Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12142/killcare-heights/topic/community