12.1% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kempsey · Urban Area
Community Participation in Kempsey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant drop in child care is the main story for Kempsey, where the share of people caring for children unpaid fell by 11 percentage points since 2011. While unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, general volunteering remains low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Kempsey volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the national figure. This is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 10.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 14.2% of people providing support, which is a little above the state and national figures. In contrast, the 22.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Around 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and about the same as the Australian average.
3.3%
Higher than 56% of urban area 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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1017/kempsey/topic/community