14.6% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler - Two Wells · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Gawler - Two Wells
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Gawler - Two Wells than in most other areas. While 13.9% of residents provide unpaid care, this is a little above the national figure. The area also has a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of the community volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Australian average, though it has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.1% of people caring for children and 22.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are a little above the national average, while those providing unpaid care rose to 13.9% since 2011.
13.9% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
A little above the state and national figures, 5.4% of people here have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest proportions for this level of area.
5.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Gawler - Two Wells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40201/gawler-two-wells/topic/community