10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kevington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kevington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Kevington volunteer compared to the rest of the country, with only 10% of the population doing so. While community volunteering is low, a high proportion of residents spend significant time on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 45% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. This contributes to a high rate of unpaid care overall, while the 7.5% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national average.
17.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 45.0%
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 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 Kevington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21335/kevington/topic/community