26.9% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide Hills · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Adelaide Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Adelaide Hills volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This suggests a community where helping others is a significant part of daily life, though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 26.9% volunteering rate is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%. However, this is a decrease of 2.8 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.0% of people caring for children and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national levels. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care rose to 14.8%, which is a little above the Australian figure.
14.8% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the figures for South Australia and the nation.
3.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40120/adelaide-hills/topic/community