44.4% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenmare · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kenmare
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of the people in Kenmare volunteer their time, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the high rates of unpaid care and housework performed by residents compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 44.4% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is high, with 44.4% of people caring for children and 48.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above state and national figures. However, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
48.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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, a figure slightly below the state and national rates of around 2.9% and 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 Kenmare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50750/kenmare/topic/community