10.8% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kimbolton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kimbolton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of community involvement defines Kimbolton, where volunteers and unpaid carers are far less common than in other areas. Only 10.8% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across most forms of unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than most areas in Kimbolton. At 10.8%, the figure is a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 7.2% of people providing care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a lower-than-usual 21.7% of people caring for children unpaid.
7.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Defence service is more common in Kimbolton than in most areas. About 3.7% of people have served, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Kimbolton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21356/kimbolton/topic/community