19.2% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiewa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kiewa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Kiewa (L) since 2011, though the area still sees high levels of community support. Nearly one in five residents now give their time as volunteers, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people volunteer here, a rate well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is down 8.5 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common here than in most areas, with 27.2% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This sits alongside high rates of unpaid care, as 30.8% look after children and 16.4% provide other unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
16.4% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.6% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Kiewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222039/kiewa/topic/community