15.0% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Outback - North and East · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Outback - North and East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Outback - North and East shows a modest level of community involvement. While 15.0% of people volunteer, the region has fewer people providing unpaid care or doing heavy housework than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.0% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and represents a 3.5 percentage point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 26.2%, matching state and national levels. However, the 10.7% of people providing other unpaid care and the 19.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework are both lower than most areas.
10.7% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
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 Outback - North and East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40602/outback-north-and-east/topic/community