9.0% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kitchener · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kitchener
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Kitchener provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. While the area has a strong record of caring for family and former service members, it sees very little traditional volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.0% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care and 27.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.2% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.4% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.2%, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Kitchener [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12183/kitchener/topic/community