16.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kotara South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kotara South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Kotara South than in most similar areas. A striking 38.2% of residents care for children without pay, which is far above the national figure. This trend extends to other forms of community support and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 38.2% of people caring for children, far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This helps explain why more residents also provide general unpaid care and do significant housework compared to the state and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.2% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 3.5% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Kotara South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12209/kotara-south/topic/community