22.3% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Compton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Compton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Compton volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area's social landscape. It is a place where people give a significant amount of their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation is higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.4% of people caring for children, a figure slightly above the national rate. Around 23.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 12.9% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
12.9% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
2.6%
Lower 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 Compton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40291/compton/topic/community