21.3% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Andamooka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Andamooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national figure for volunteering is seen in Andamooka, where 21.3% of people give their time to help others. This community is far more active in volunteer work than most other areas across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much lower than most areas at 14.5%, far below the 26.3% seen nationally. Other forms of unpaid care are more common, with 13.2% of people providing care, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.2% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Andamooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40023/andamooka/topic/community