10.6% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gawler River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 6.4 percentage points separates Gawler River from the South Australian average for volunteering. While few residents volunteer, a higher number of people here provide unpaid care compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people in Gawler River volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 25.9% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures being well above the Australian average. However, the 21.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.1% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 Gawler River has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average 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 Gawler River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40478/gawler-river/topic/community