8.3% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Killingworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Killingworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Killingworth is marked by a strong focus on family and caregiving roles. While 15.1% of the population provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national average—formal volunteering is quite low compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of people in Killingworth volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 29.2% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with the 15.1% of residents providing general unpaid care, which is much higher than in most areas.
15.1% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Killingworth than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 61% 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 Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12145/killingworth/topic/community