16.3% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kendall · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kendall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care work than the state average define Kendall, where nearly 29% of people look after children. This community is active and supportive, with more people volunteering and providing unpaid care than is typical across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen to 16.3% since 2011, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. Additionally, 13.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.7% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.5%
Lower than 89% 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 Kendall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121056/kendall/topic/community