25.0% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iron Knob · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Iron Knob
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Iron Knob volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where people are highly active in supporting others, both through formal volunteering and providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of residents volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 21.7% of people doing so—among the highest levels across the country. While 26.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, only 14.1% provide unpaid child care, which is far below the national figure.
21.7% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most places, with 10% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
10.0%
Higher than 96% 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 Iron Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40627/iron-knob/topic/community