11.9% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Kempsey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in South Kempsey has shifted over the last decade, with a particularly strong trend toward unpaid caregiving. While volunteering is less common here than in other areas, a striking 15.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 15.2% of people providing support, which is well above the state and national figures. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (23.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.8%) are lower or about the same as other areas.
15.2% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 South Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13604/south-kempsey/topic/community