14.9% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alberton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Alberton involves a mix of family duties and community support, with 13.8% of people providing unpaid care. This is a higher figure than in most similar areas, though volunteer rates are slightly lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer their time. This is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.8% of people helping others. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than in most areas, at 19.2%.
13.8% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 3.0% of the population. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40007/alberton/topic/community