12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kerrisdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kerrisdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 30% of people in Kerrisdale spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7% and marks the area as having much higher rates of home-based work than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, the rate of people caring for children unpaid is among the lowest at this level, sitting far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Kerrisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21334/kerrisdale/topic/community