24.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alawoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alawoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Alawoona than in the rest of the country. While 28% of the community helps others through unpaid care, very few residents are involved in unpaid housework or childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24% of people helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major activity for 28% of residents, which is far above the 11.9% national figure. In contrast, unpaid childcare and housework are among the lowest in the region, with 0% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
28.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Alawoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40005/alawoona/topic/community