35.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Streaky Bay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Streaky Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Streaky Bay have dipped slightly since 2011, yet they remain remarkably high. About 35.3% of the population still gives their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This highlights a strong local culture of helping out and staying active in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Among the highest in similar areas, 35.3% of people in Streaky Bay volunteer. This is far above the South Australian rate of 17.0%, though it has fallen 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework takes up more time here than in most areas, with 26.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as across Australia.
11.7% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
About 3.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 57% 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 Streaky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47490/streaky-bay/topic/community