12.5% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Area
Community Participation in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Kalgoorlie - Boulder provide unpaid child care, the most common form of community contribution here. While family support is high, other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are much lower than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 12.5% since 2011, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little above the national figure at 27.9%, but other forms of help are rare. Only 7.1% of people provide general unpaid care, which is well below the Australian average of 11.9%, and far fewer people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to most areas.
7.1% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
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, with 2.3% of the population having a military background, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 89% 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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5007/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/community