18.5% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kialla West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kialla West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 35% of people in Kialla West provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is a key feature of the area, alongside a strong tradition of military service and community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 34.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 15.6% of people providing care and 23.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The high rate of unpaid childcare, at 34.7%, is much higher than most other areas.
15.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most areas. About 4.7% of residents have served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 73% 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 Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222038/kialla-west/topic/community