30.1% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Kingston volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Kingston, where 18.4% of people provide care and 26.4% spend 15 or more hours on housework. This is well above the national figures, though the 16.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.4% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% in Victoria and 2.8% across Australia.
2.4%
Lower 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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21364/kingston/topic/community