24.7% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kaarimba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kaarimba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Kaarimba, where nearly a quarter of the population gives their time to others. While unpaid care for children is less common here than in most areas, the community shows a strong commitment to general unpaid support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 25% of people in Kaarimba volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common, with 16% of people providing support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (14.8%) and those caring for children (23.5%) are both below the state and national averages.
16.0% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▼ -48.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
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.
No one in Kaarimba has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Kaarimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21280/kaarimba/topic/community