12.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kinross · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kinross
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Kinross has shifted over the last decade, most notably with 32.1% of people now providing unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While many residents are focused on family care, other forms of community service are less common here than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people in Kinross volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 32.1% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate well above the Australian average. In contrast, the proportions of people providing general unpaid care (9.8%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.4%) are much lower than in most areas.
9.8% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Kinross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50766/kinross/topic/community