22.0% —
Higher than 99% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rest of SA · Capital City
Community Participation in Rest of SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22% of people in Rest of SA volunteer, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. This reflects a strong culture of unpaid contribution, though the volunteering rate has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 22% volunteering rate in Rest of SA is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.2% of people providing care and 24.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are among the highest rates for this level of area. Meanwhile, the 24.3% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.2% —
Higher than 88% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% —
Higher than 54% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 99% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 71% of capital city 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 Rest of SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/4RSAU/rest-of-sa/topic/community