7.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Davenport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Davenport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Davenport involves a low rate of community volunteering and very little home-based work. Only 7.4% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare in Davenport, with only 7.4% of residents taking part. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 14.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. While 26.4% care for children unpaid, only 9.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the national average of 20.7%.
14.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
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.
No one in Davenport has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40351/davenport/topic/community