13.6% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kincumber South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kincumber South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Kincumber South than in the rest of the country. While 11.2% of residents care for children, this is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of community support remain more common, including a high number of veterans and people providing general unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.2% of people providing care—a little above the national figure—and 24.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state average.
14.2% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.2% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Kincumber South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12150/kincumber-south/topic/community