9.1% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Athol Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Athol Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Athol Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.1% of residents give their time to community groups, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This trend of lower participation extends into unpaid care and previous military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 10.2% of people providing such support, slightly below the national figure. This is reflected in housework, where the 14.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
10.2% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
Military service is also less frequent in Athol Park, with only 1.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Athol Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40050/athol-park/topic/community