18.1% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenelg South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenelg South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back and helping out is a common part of life in Glenelg South, where 18.1% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure. While many residents contribute their time to the community, fewer people here are tasked with unpaid childcare compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 21.6% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the 19.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas, while 13.5% provide some form of unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
About 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national totals.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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).
More for Glenelg South
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Glenelg South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40508/glenelg-south/topic/community