14.3% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kinglake West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kinglake West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Kinglake West provide unpaid care for children, reflecting a strong focus on family support. While volunteering is common, the area is most notable for the high number of residents managing significant unpaid work and care duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in the area, with 27.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside a higher than usual rate of people providing general unpaid care (14.7%) and those caring for children (28.2%).
14.7% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21360/kinglake-west/topic/community