15.7% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kinglake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kinglake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen per cent of people in Kinglake provide unpaid care, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This reflects a community where many residents balance their time between official work and supporting others. This trend is seen alongside a slightly higher-than-average rate of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher-than-average 15% of the population providing unpaid care to others.
15.0% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21358/kinglake/topic/community