22.0% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eyre Peninsula and South West · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Eyre Peninsula and South West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Eyre Peninsula and South West give their time to volunteering, which is a much higher rate than across the state. While these community contributions remain strong, the number of volunteers has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 22.0%, the share of volunteers here is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 26.2% provide unpaid childcare and 12.5% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
12.5% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 61% 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 Eyre Peninsula and South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40601/eyre-peninsula-and-south-west/topic/community