11.1% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Kalgoorlie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.1% of people in South Kalgoorlie volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community volunteering stands out against a higher rate of people caring for children. The area shows a mixed pattern of unpaid work and service to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.1%, the rate is well below both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure slightly above the national average—other forms of unpaid work are uncommon. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.3%) are both much lower than in most other areas.
8.3% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 South Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51373/south-kalgoorlie/topic/community