17.6% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect - Walkerville · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Prospect - Walkerville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Prospect - Walkerville, where 17.6% of people give their time. Residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care than those in most other similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, both through formal volunteering and home-based care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.6% of people helping out. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, although it has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.6% of people helping out. This includes 27.5% who care for children unpaid, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 2.9% of people in Prospect - Walkerville have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 50% 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 Prospect - Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40106/prospect-walkerville/topic/community