13.5% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gawler West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Gawler West than in most similar areas. While 16.1% of the community look after others without pay, volunteering rates are lower than the state average. This mix of home-based support and service highlights a specific pattern of community contribution across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of residents providing support, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. Around 25.2% of people care for children unpaid, while 23.2% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
16.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.8% of the population having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40480/gawler-west/topic/community