14.9% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kempton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kempton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care work than most similar areas define Kempton. While 16.6% of people provide unpaid care, the number of volunteers is relatively low at 14.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are lower than in most similar areas, sitting well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though they are about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a much higher than usual 16.6% of residents providing unpaid care.
16.6% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Tasmania and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Kempton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60301/kempton/topic/community