7.1% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kealba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kealba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.1% of people volunteer in Kealba, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages. This low level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's participation patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Kealba are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting 6.3 percentage points below the Victorian average and 7 percentage points below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 13.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national average. About a quarter of the population cares for children unpaid, while 19.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure much lower than most areas.
13.6% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Kealba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21312/kealba/topic/community