16.3% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kindred · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kindred
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local engagement in Kindred has shifted over the last decade, most notably in the high number of residents providing unpaid support. Around 19% of people provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a community where many residents take on significant care and domestic roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people in Kindred volunteer, which is slightly lower than the Tasmanian figure but a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.9% of people providing support and 29.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above national levels. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Tasmanian and Australian figures at 15.3%.
18.9% ▲ +178.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 more common in Kindred than in most similar areas, with 7.1% of people having served, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.1%
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 Kindred [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60305/kindred/topic/community