25.1% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kooyong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kooyong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Kooyong now volunteer compared to the rest of the country. About 25% of residents give their time to causes, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a strong commitment to community activities across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average and much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care in Kooyong than in most other areas, with 14.2% doing so. Meanwhile, 26.1% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.2% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 here than in most areas, with only 1.4% of residents having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21393/kooyong/topic/community