18.6% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenelg East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenelg East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Glenelg East give their time to volunteering, making it a place where residents are more active in their community than the national average. With 18.6% of people volunteering, the area shows a strong commitment to local causes and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, and also sit a little above the South Australian average of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the region, with 13.4% of people providing care and 26.5% caring for children, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Glenelg East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40506/glenelg-east/topic/community