17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gidgealpa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gidgealpa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care and housework in Gidgealpa than in most other areas. While nearly 18% of the community volunteers, other forms of community and family support are much lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people helping out. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very rare in the area. Only 6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and no one provides unpaid care, both of which are far below the figures for South Australia and the nation.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 0.0% of the population having served. This is well below the South Australian figure 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 Gidgealpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40490/gidgealpa/topic/community