19.1% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kew · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kew
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Kew volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the local area, where residents are significantly more active in unpaid roles than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people in Kew volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% average for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of residents providing care, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 26% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.9% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.5%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21336/kew/topic/community