7.6% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kogarah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kogarah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.6% of people in Kogarah volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national rates. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and service. Residents here are far less likely to spend their spare time on unpaid care or volunteering compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 7.6% of residents helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 8.6% of people providing unpaid care. Similarly, the 16.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 0.8% of the population. This is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12190/kogarah/topic/community