13.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kelmscott · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kelmscott
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Kelmscott provide unpaid child care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home or in the community, the area has a notably higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 13.5% of residents pitching in. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less frequent than in many other areas. For example, 11.9% provide general unpaid care, and the 25.2% who care for children is well below the state figure of 28.5%.
11.9% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.3% of residents having served.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Kelmscott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50748/kelmscott/topic/community