20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kybeyan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kybeyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Kybeyan, where 20% of the population volunteers. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are also far more likely to provide unpaid care and housework compared to people across New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Kybeyan volunteer their time, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are very common here, with 45% of people looking after children unpaid—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This aligns with high rates of other unpaid work, as 30% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
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).
More for Kybeyan
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Kybeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12232/kybeyan/topic/community