26.3% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wakefield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wakefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Wakefield volunteer, making it a community with far more volunteers than the national figure. This spirit of giving is a standout feature of the area, even though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.3% of residents volunteer here, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and far above the Australian average. This represents a 4.9 point drop from the 31.2% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national average. Other care roles are also more common than in most areas, including those caring for children (27.6%) and those providing other unpaid care (13.9%).
13.9% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above both the South Australian (3.2%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.5%
Higher than 87% 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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48130/wakefield/topic/community