16.5% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingfisher Shores · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingfisher Shores
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Kingfisher Shores spend 15 hours or more a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing care and 27.1% caring for children. This goes alongside the high rate of people doing significant housework.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most other areas and slightly below the national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kingfisher Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12154/kingfisher-shores/topic/community