12.7% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kilmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kilmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid childcare and military service set Kilmore apart from the state average. While 27.9% of people provide unpaid child care, a smaller share of the community engages in volunteer work compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 27.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, slightly above the Victorian average of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more common than national figures, with 13.2% providing general care and 21.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.2% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Kilmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21352/kilmore/topic/community