3.3% ▼ -74.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Western · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Western
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Western participate in community and care roles than in the rest of South Australia. Only 3.3% of residents volunteer, which is far below the state figure of 17.0%. This drop is part of a wider trend where unpaid care and housework have also fallen sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Western are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 3.3%. This is far below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a fall of nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in the state or nation, with only 18.0% of people caring for children and 3.3% doing heavy housework. However, the share of people providing other types of unpaid care rose slightly to 7.4% since 2011.
7.4% ▲ +128.7%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.3% ▼ -78.5%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
No one in Western has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2% and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Western [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011135/western/topic/community