19.2% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norwood - Payneham - St Peters · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Norwood - Payneham - St Peters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Norwood - Payneham - St Peters have dipped since 2011, yet the area remains more active than most. Nearly one in five people still volunteer here, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 19.2%, the proportion of volunteers is much higher than in most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a little above the South Australian rate, though it has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.0% of people provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas—fewer residents are unpaid carers for children (24.2%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (19.5%) compared to the state and national figures.
13.0% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most areas and about the same as the South Australian and Australian figures.
2.5%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Norwood - Payneham - St Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40105/norwood-payneham-st-peters/topic/community