15.7% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keira · State Electorate
Community Participation in Keira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering set Keira apart from most similar areas. While 15.7% of residents volunteer, this is a drop from 21.4% in 2011. The area shows a strong trend of residents supporting others through both formal volunteering and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a notable decline from 2011, when 21.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.4% caring for children and 24.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are higher than most areas. This extends to general unpaid care, which is provided by 13.4% of residents.
13.4% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.2%. This is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.2%
Lower than 72% of state electorate 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 Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10038/keira/topic/community