18.6% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kensington Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kensington Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 18.6% of people in Kensington Gardens volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though other forms of care and service remain close to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.7% of people providing care and 24.5% caring for children, both of which are about the same as state and national levels. Meanwhile, 22.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
12.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Kensington Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40678/kensington-gardens/topic/community