24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kernot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kernot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Kernot volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.3% figure for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 13.8% provide some form of unpaid care, while 24.5% care for children unpaid, which is a little below the Australian average.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 Kernot has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Kernot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21332/kernot/topic/community