27.7% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arno Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arno Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Arno Bay volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in the community, with 32.7% of people caring for children and 26.5% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the South Australian average.
13.1% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having done so.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Arno Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40042/arno-bay/topic/community