25.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kyneton South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kyneton South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 26% of residents in Kyneton South volunteer, a figure far above the national rate of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area. Other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the figures for both Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.9%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Kyneton South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21415/kyneton-south/topic/community