25.1% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kettering · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kettering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have climbed significantly in Kettering since 2011, with over a quarter of the population now giving their time. This community is far more active in unpaid work than most other areas across Australia, particularly in volunteering and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 25.1% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has risen 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of local life, with 31.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, 13.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian figure.
13.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in similar areas, with 6.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 88% 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 Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622015/kettering/topic/community