8.3% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Killingworth · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Killingworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Killingworth (L) than in most similar areas. While only 8.3% of residents give their time to volunteering, there is a much stronger focus on home and family care, with nearly 30% of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in the area, falling 16 percentage points since 2011 to 8.3%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of people doing so, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This is consistent with the 29.6% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a rate much higher than most areas.
14.9% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121057/killingworth/topic/community