0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kiwirrkurra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kiwirrkurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen sharply in Kiwirrkurra (L) since 2011, dropping 33 percentage points to reach 0.0%. While formal volunteering has vanished, the community is heavily focused on family, with a very high 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering in 2021, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 32.2% of people doing so unpaid, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is less common, as only 11.6% provide general unpaid care and 19.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.6% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
No residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kiwirrkurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522034/kiwirrkurra/topic/community