18.4% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kununurra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kununurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people contribute their time to the community in Kununurra, where 18.4% of residents volunteer. This level of engagement is well above the national figure. However, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is strong, with 18.4% of people helping out. This is a little above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 5.7% of people providing care and 14.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well below state and national levels. Meanwhile, the 25.8% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as the national figure.
5.7% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50799/kununurra/topic/community