20.8% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auldana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Auldana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Auldana contribute their time to others than in the rest of the country. This is most evident in the high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, which sit well above both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above the South Australian average of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 19.7% of people providing unpaid care, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is reflected in the high numbers of people caring for children (31.2%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework a week (28.1%).
19.7% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in other areas, with the rate at 1.1% compared to 3.2% for South Australia.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Auldana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40052/auldana/topic/community