21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dismal Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dismal Swamp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Dismal Swamp provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area sees high levels of community support and care, with many residents volunteering and helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, with 21.3% of people providing support—well above the national figure—and 34% caring for children unpaid. However, the 21.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the national average.
21.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Dismal Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40367/dismal-swamp/topic/community