10.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenwick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kenwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.4% of people in Kenwick volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This represents a notably low level of community involvement compared to most similar areas. The suburb also shows lower rates of unpaid housework and defence service than the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.4% of residents helping out. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national average. However, the 15.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.5% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most similar areas. Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.9%.
1.8%
Lower 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 Kenwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50754/kenwick/topic/community