16.8% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingscliff · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingscliff
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Kingscliff provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. The area shows a strong spirit of giving, with a higher rate of volunteering and military service than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of residents providing care—a little above the national figure—while 25.4% look after children, which is about the same as across Australia.
13.2% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher 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 Kingscliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12162/kingscliff/topic/community