20.5% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walkerville · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Walkerville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Walkerville pitch in to help others and their community. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the area still stands out for its high rates of unpaid care and community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 24.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing this support, a figure that is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.2%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.3%) are both around the national average.
13.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence service is more common in Walkerville than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48260/walkerville/topic/community