10.8% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Kembla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Port Kembla has seen a shift in how people spend their spare time. While formal volunteering is low, there is a strong trend of locals providing unpaid care for others. This is most evident in the 14.8% of residents who provide unpaid care, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 14.8% of residents doing so, which is well above the state average. This sits alongside a typical 25.9% of people caring for children unpaid, while 21.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.8% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Port Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13257/port-kembla/topic/community