25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kithbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kithbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Kithbrook volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, 17.9% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. Additionally, 26.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian average.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kithbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21370/kithbrook/topic/community