11.8% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Commissariat Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Commissariat Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 12% of people in Commissariat Point volunteer, a figure well below the South Australian average. This gap in community involvement is mirrored in childcare, where unpaid care for children is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.4%, though the 13.6% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state figure.
13.6% ▲ +41.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 higher than usual 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher 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 Commissariat Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40289/commissariat-point/topic/community