15.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Adelaide
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Adelaide provide unpaid childcare or housework compared to the state and national figures. While 15.7% of the population volunteers—a rate a little above the national average—this level of community involvement has fallen from 19.3% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are higher than in most areas, though they sit a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and housework are much lower than in most areas, with 23.0% caring for children and 17.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 11.6% of people provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.6% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate 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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED401/adelaide/topic/community