8.4% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Atkinsons Dam · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Atkinsons Dam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Atkinsons Dam now contribute through volunteering, though other forms of community support remain strong. While formal volunteering has fallen, the area maintains a high rate of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.4% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state, 16.3% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. Additionally, 24.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
16.3% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.2% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
Military service is common in the area, with 6.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8% and much higher than most other areas.
6.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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 Atkinsons Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30098/atkinsons-dam/topic/community