12.7% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Adelaide Enfield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Port Adelaide Enfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Port Adelaide Enfield over the last decade, with the rate falling to 12.7%. This is now well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. While community giving has dropped, other forms of unpaid care and housework have remained relatively stable or seen slight declines.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the national average of 14.1% and has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas at 18.3%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia and the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Lower than 59% 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 Port Adelaide Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45890/port-adelaide-enfield/topic/community