17.6% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler Belt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gawler Belt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Gawler Belt provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. Residents are generally more active in helping others than those in most other areas. This is seen through higher rates of unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people volunteer their time, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.1% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most areas. This includes 28.4% who care for children and 23% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are a little above the state and national figures.
15.1% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above both the South Australian (3.2%) and national (2.8%) figures.
4.4%
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 Gawler Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40475/gawler-belt/topic/community