27.9% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingston Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingston Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Kingston Beach volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of giving extends to the home and the nation, with higher rates of unpaid care and military service than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are remarkably high here at 27.9%, which is well above the Tasmania figure of 18.0% and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.2% of residents providing care and 27.2% looking after children, both of which are higher than most areas. Additionally, 24.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average.
14.2% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Kingston Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60308/kingston-beach/topic/community