16.5% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ethelton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ethelton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Ethelton have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While service records stand out, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care in the suburb generally align with state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people volunteer here, which is roughly the same as the South Australian figure and slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 26.1%, nearly identical to the national rate. However, this area is much less likely than most others to have people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
11.9% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Ethelton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40415/ethelton/topic/community