16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kungala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kungala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines daily life in Kungala, where 6.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is far more than the national figure, and the community also shows a high tendency to help others through volunteering and unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Kungala volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, a far higher proportion—31.1%—spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework compared to 20.7% nationally. About 11.4% provide other unpaid care, which is similar to the state and national figures.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 6.9% of the community, a figure that is well above both New South Wales and the Australian average.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Kungala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12220/kungala/topic/community