21.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Kembla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community and family support define Mount Kembla compared to similar areas. A striking 21.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are far more common than in most parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.2% of people in Mount Kembla volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.8% of people caring for children and 29.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national typicals of 26.3% and 20.7% respectively, while 15.7% of residents provide other unpaid care.
15.7% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 0.8% of the population being a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Mount Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12780/mount-kembla/topic/community