6.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kundat Djaru · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Huge gaps separate Kundat Djaru from the rest of the country in how people contribute to their community. While unpaid care for others is very common here, formal volunteering is much lower than the national figure. This creates a local landscape where family support is the primary form of community service.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.9% of people volunteer their time, which is among the lowest for areas of this size and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 27.5% of people providing care and 56.9% caring for children unpaid, both of which are far above state and national levels. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are at 17.6%, which is well below the Australian figure.
27.5% —
Higher 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.
56.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 83% 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.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the state and national figures.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Kundat Djaru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50796/kundat-djaru/topic/community