12.4% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroo Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaroo Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of residents in Kangaroo Flat provide unpaid care to others, though volunteering rates remain low. While 14.2% of the community provide unpaid care, only 12.4% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and a little below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.2% of residents doing so. This is a little above the 11.9% national figure, though the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national average at 23.4%.
14.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Kangaroo Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21293/kangaroo-flat/topic/community