14.5% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Gawler - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Gawler - South provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out in these ways, the number of local volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure. This is a fall of 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much more common here than in most areas, at 14.0%. Meanwhile, 26.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.0% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 Force veterans are among the highest at this level, with 5.7% of the population having served. This is a little above both the South Australian and national figures.
5.7%
Higher than 90% 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 Gawler - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402011026/gawler-south/topic/community