14.9% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kenthurst · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kenthurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of unpaid home and family work define Kenthurst, where the proportion of people doing heavy housework is among the highest for similar areas. While 14.9% of residents volunteer, this is lower than in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when volunteering sat at 19.8%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Kenthurst, with 30.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher than usual 13.8% of residents who provide unpaid care and 26.4% who care for children without pay.
13.8% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 0.9% of the population doing so. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and among the lowest levels for similar areas.
0.9%
Lower than 94% 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 Kenthurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122070/kenthurst/topic/community