34.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Foul Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Foul Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Foul Bay volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most areas. This spirit of helping out is seen in high rates of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 34.2% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 15.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—a very high 26.3% of the community provide other types of unpaid care, well above the state and national averages.
26.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 8.6% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.6%
Higher than 92% 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 Foul Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40456/foul-bay/topic/community