18.2% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kirribilli · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kirribilli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Kirribilli volunteer their time, a rate of 18.2% that is well above the national figure. While community spirit is high, the area has very low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 18.2%, volunteers in Kirribilli are well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 11.5% of people caring for children and 13.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below the national figures, where typically over a quarter of people care for children.
9.6% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Kirribilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12182/kirribilli/topic/community