23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kyalite · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kyalite
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their community in Kyalite than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of participation extends to unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high here, with 23.5% of people helping out, far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 33.8% of people caring for children and 29.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much higher than most areas. People providing other types of unpaid care sit at 13.2%, a little above the national figure.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kyalite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12230/kyalite/topic/community