16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kyeamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kyeamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13% of Kyeamba residents have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. The community is also active in other ways, with more people volunteering than the state average. These figures highlight a population with a strong history of service and community contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and slightly higher than the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher proportion of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework compared to the rest of Australia. Meanwhile, 25.9% provide unpaid childcare and 11.1% provide general unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national levels.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
Thirteen per cent of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.0%
Higher 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 Kyeamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12233/kyeamba/topic/community