16.3% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kununurra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kununurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A declining trend in unpaid work and volunteering shapes daily life in Kununurra. While 16.3% of people still volunteer, this is a significant drop from the 22.7% seen in 2011. The town's community activity is now more modest compared to its own past.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is around the middle for its level at 16.3%. This is slightly higher than the national figure of 14.1% and about the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.1% of people providing this support. Similarly, the 14.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
6.1% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
Only 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure.
2.0%
Lower than 87% 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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515020/kununurra/topic/community