19.6% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kyneton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kyneton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Stronger community involvement has become a hallmark of Kyneton, with nearly 20% of residents now volunteering. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a local population that is more active in supporting others than most people across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people in Kyneton volunteer their time, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with a higher rate of unpaid caregiving, which is a little above the national figure at 14.9%.
14.9% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 3.6% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21414/kyneton/topic/community