30.9% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Georgetown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Georgetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Georgetown volunteer, a rate that has grown significantly since 2011. This community shows a very strong commitment to helping others, with volunteering levels far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
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%—many more are active at home. Nearly 30% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national average, and unpaid care for others is also a little above the state level.
15.8% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -49.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40482/georgetown/topic/community