8.4% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Kingswood, where only 8.4% of people now volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas. The suburb shows a general trend of lower participation in unpaid community and care roles compared to the wider state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care rates are generally lower than most areas, with 10.1% providing unpaid care and 19.2% doing over 15 hours of housework. Those caring for children unpaid make up 24.2% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.1% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 1.9% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12171/kingswood/topic/community