21.6% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingston Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingston Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Strong community spirit defines daily life in Kingston Park, where local residents are far more likely to volunteer their time than people in other parts of the country. About 21.6% of the population helps out in their community, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 23.4%—well below both the state and national figures.
14.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
A higher number of people in this area have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 3.6% having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Kingston Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40700/kingston-park/topic/community