20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kewell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kewell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid child care in Kewell than in the rest of the state. This community is marked by a strong culture of helping others, with a typical resident being much more likely to volunteer than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of people here are volunteers, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common, with 37.8% of people providing this support, far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, only 6.7% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the 11.9% national average.
6.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
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, a figure 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 Kewell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21338/kewell/topic/community