25.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrieton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrieton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Carrieton, where more than a quarter of the population volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and far above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national average, there is a striking gap in other care roles. No one in the area reported providing unpaid care for the elderly or disabled, a figure far below the national rate of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 7.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the state figure of 3.2% and the national rate of 2.8%.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Carrieton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40230/carrieton/topic/community