19.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of military service define the community in Kingston, where 11.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the figures for both the ACT and the rest of Australia. While volunteering is steady, the area sees far less unpaid care work than typical Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, which is about the same as the ACT average and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of people providing care and 16% caring for children unpaid, both of which are far below the national and territory averages.
8.3% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
The share of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for its level at 11.5%, a figure well above the 6.0% seen across the ACT.
11.5%
Higher than 99% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80083/kingston/topic/community