27.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiata · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kiata
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Kiata volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of helping out is seen in both formal volunteering and a high rate of people managing significant housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the figures for Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 29.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 23.5% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.9% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Kiata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21343/kiata/topic/community