7.1% ▼ -67.9%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kitchener · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kitchener
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark contrast exists between local caregiving and wider community involvement in Kitchener (L). While 39% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the national figure—only 7.1% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Kitchener (L) has dropped sharply, falling 15 percentage points since 2011. At 7.1%, the proportion of volunteers is now well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.2% of people providing care, a figure well above the national average. This is driven largely by childcare, with 39% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is far above the New South Wales figure.
15.2% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.0% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Defence service is more common in Kitchener (L) than in most other areas. About 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the rates for both the state and the nation.
5.0%
Higher than 78% 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 Kitchener [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121061/kitchener/topic/community