17.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Athelstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Athelstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above national average of 17.7% of people volunteer in Athelstone. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most similar areas, though the rate has fallen from 20.2% in 2011 to 17.7% in 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Athelstone, with 15.0% of people providing care, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This is consistent with higher than usual rates of people caring for children unpaid (28.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (23.0%).
15.0% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Athelstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401041014/athelstone/topic/community