15.3% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Renmark Paringa · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Renmark Paringa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are spending their spare time volunteering in Renmark Paringa than in previous years. While 15.3% of residents help out in their community, this is a drop of 4.6 percentage points since 2011. This suggests a shift in how locals spend their free time compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the South Australian rate of 17.0%, though it remains a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than across the state and nation, with only 22.4% of people providing this care. Meanwhile, 22.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 11.7% provide other forms of unpaid care, both of which are around the middle for this level of area.
11.7% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 typical for the region, with 3.2% of the population having served. This is about the same as both the South Australian and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 56% 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 Renmark Paringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46670/renmark-paringa/topic/community