17.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingsley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingsley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Kingsley has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on family support. A striking 32.1% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in Kingsley volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a much higher rate of people caring for children unpaid than most other areas, at 32.1%. Other forms of support are more common, with 12.9% providing unpaid care and 21.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
12.9% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Kingsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50764/kingsley/topic/community