16.0% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kinkuna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kinkuna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Kinkuna shows a mixed level of community involvement, where a high proportion of residents handle housework but few care for children. The area stands out for its strong history of military service, with far more veterans than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national and state figures of 14.1%. However, this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 21.3% care for children—well below the 26.3% national figure. In contrast, the 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national average of 20.7%.
12.8% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 6.4%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Kinkuna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31550/kinkuna/topic/community