12.2% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ingle Farm · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ingle Farm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Ingle Farm spend their spare time volunteering than in most other areas. While 12.2% of residents give their time to community groups, this figure has fallen since 2011. Daily life here is more defined by home responsibilities and family care than by formal community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, and the local rate of 12.2% is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This level of participation has dropped by 2.1 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 12.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, while 19.7% do 15 or more hours of housework each week.
12.5% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 make up 3.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Ingle Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041040/ingle-farm/topic/community