15.1% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tea Tree Gully · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Tea Tree Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Tea Tree Gully provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is a major part of daily life. While the area has a high rate of people helping out at home, the number of residents volunteering for community groups has dropped slightly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but slightly below the South Australian rate. This is a decline from 2011, when 17.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and home support are common here, with 29.1% of people providing unpaid childcare—a rate much higher than most other areas. This sits alongside a higher-than-average 22.1% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and a rising 13.2% who provide other unpaid care.
13.2% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most other areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 72% 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 Tea Tree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40205/tea-tree-gully/topic/community