16.1% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Jaffa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Jaffa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of veteran presence and home-based work set Cape Jaffa apart from most similar areas. While only 16.1% of people volunteer, the community is marked by a very high number of former Defence Force members and people performing unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but sits a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While very few people here provide unpaid care or look after children—both far below state and national figures—a much higher proportion than usual, 32.1%, spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
8.9% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.4% ▼ -81.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
The area has one of the highest proportions of veterans, with 12.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
12.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Cape Jaffa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40220/cape-jaffa/topic/community