23.5% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kettering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kettering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Kettering volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high levels of unpaid work and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.5% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and far higher than the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 29.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide unpaid care and 24.2% care for children, both of which are around the middle for similar areas.
13.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
Military service is more common in Kettering than in most areas, with 6.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60302/kettering/topic/community