16.4% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kandos · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kandos
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Kandos put in 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a high figure that sits well above the national average, though the town has seen a decline in volunteering and unpaid care since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. This is a drop from 2011, when volunteering reached 20.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 16% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, unpaid care for others is at 12.2%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.2% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre 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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115090/kandos/topic/community