17.1% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Exeter
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 4% of residents in Exeter have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other areas. While volunteering rates are about the same as the state average, the area sees far fewer people providing unpaid childcare and housework than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the South Australian average and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below both state and national levels at 22.5%, and 18.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, the 13.6% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 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.
Defence service is common here, with 4.6% of people having served, which is a little above both the South Australian and national figures.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40427/exeter/topic/community