8.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingsgrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingsgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one quarter of people in Kingsgrove provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents manage a variety of home and care duties, the area has a very low rate of formal volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, those providing any form of unpaid care (13.6%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (22.6%) are both a little above the state and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 less common here than in most areas, with just 0.7% of the population having served, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Kingsgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12166/kingsgrove/topic/community