11.0% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Kennedy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Kennedy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Port Kennedy provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent. The area also has a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.0% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents are busy with family, as those caring for children unpaid (31.7%) are well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, people providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are slightly less common than in most areas.
10.8% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 striking 6.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages of around 2.9%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Port Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51260/port-kennedy/topic/community