17.8% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adelaide
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Adelaide compared to most other areas. While 17.8% of the community volunteer, the city stands out for having very low rates of unpaid housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of people in Adelaide volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid care; only 7.1% do so, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the low number of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children, both of which are far below state and national levels.
7.1% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.4% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.4% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian average.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40002/adelaide/topic/community