28.0% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kirwans Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kirwans Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Kirwans Bridge, where 28% of people volunteer. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, reflecting a community that gives a great deal of its time to local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of residents pitching in. This is much higher than most similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 12% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the national figure, 33.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the Victorian average of 20.1%. Conversely, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 16.8%.
12.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Kirwans Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21369/kirwans-bridge/topic/community