40.4% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wudinna · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wudinna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Wudinna volunteer than in most similar areas, with 40.4% of residents giving their time. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure. While this is a high rate of participation, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 40.4% of people in Wudinna volunteer, which is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.3% caring for children and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. In contrast, the 10.5% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the state and national levels.
10.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 86% 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 Wudinna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48640/wudinna/topic/community