28.8% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keysbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keysbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Keysbrook stands out among similar areas for its high levels of community involvement. Nearly 29% of residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average, while the area also has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than in most areas, with only 17% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 22.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
10.5% ▲ +71.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▲ +68.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +43.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 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.
Service to the country is very prominent in Keysbrook, where 7.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for this type of area.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Keysbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50757/keysbrook/topic/community