27.0% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carey Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carey Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Carey Gully volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is very active, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.0% of residents helping out. This is far above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is frequent, as 29.7% of people care for children unpaid and 15.7% provide other unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas, with 29.2% of residents also doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
15.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 slightly higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 4.0%. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Carey Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40226/carey-gully/topic/community