9.4% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingsbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Kingsbury spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to other areas. Only 9.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends to unpaid care and housework, where local rates are lower than those seen across Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 9.4% of people helping out, which is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas. Only 19.0% of people care for children unpaid, a figure well below the national average of 26.3%, while 10.6% provide other unpaid care.
10.6% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 less common in Kingsbury than in most areas, with 1.4% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21363/kingsbury/topic/community