17.8% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kew (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Kew (Southern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the community spirit in Kew (Southern Metropolitan). While 17.8% of residents give their time to others, this is a significant drop from the 24.6% seen in 2016. The area also sees more people providing unpaid care than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen by 6.8 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing such support, a figure well above the Australian average. This is alongside 21.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is higher than most areas.
15.2% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 87% 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 Kew (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24006/kew/topic/community