23.3% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenelg · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Glenelg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Glenelg since 2011, though the area still sees a very high level of community effort. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to others, which is far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. However, this is down 9.7 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.9%. At the same time, 26.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
14.9% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 little more than 3% of people in Glenelg have served in the Defence Force, which is slightly above the state average of 2%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Glenelg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217011420/glenelg/topic/community