13.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cheltenham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines community life in Cheltenham, where 16.3% of people provide such support. While many residents help others in the home, the area sees very little formal volunteering compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.3% of residents providing support, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 24.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is around the middle for its level.
16.3% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40248/cheltenham/topic/community