12.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant drop in volunteering has shaped community involvement in Kalgoorlie - Boulder since 2011. Only 12.5% of residents now volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This decline is part of a broader trend where unpaid care and housework have also fallen across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011. At 12.5%, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—a rate slightly above the national figure—other forms of care are rare. Only 7.1% of residents provide general unpaid care, which is among the lowest levels across the country.
7.1% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most areas, though it sits about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the nation.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512004/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/community