23.9% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barossa - Yorke - Mid North · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North volunteer their time, showing a strong commitment to community work. While volunteering has fallen since 2011, the rate of 23.9% remains well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is reflected across the region's high levels of unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. However, this has dropped by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of people manage unpaid duties, with 25.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. While 13.6% provide unpaid care—a rate much higher than most areas—those caring for children unpaid (24.1%) are a little below the state and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most other areas, with 4.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 79% of region (sa4) 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 Barossa - Yorke - Mid North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/405/barossa-yorke-mid-north/topic/community