5.0% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kings Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kings Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained low in Kings Park, where only 5% of people volunteer their time. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. The area also sees much lower rates of unpaid housework and childcare compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5% of people in Kings Park volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with only 16% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 22.5% caring for children, both well below the Victorian average. However, the 12.3% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 Kings Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21362/kings-park/topic/community