19.5% ▼ -40.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerusalem · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerusalem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Jerusalem is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with nearly one in five people volunteering. This is well above the national figure and suggests a community that actively supports its own members through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29% of people caring for children and 26.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. However, 10.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national rate.
10.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is a little below the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Jerusalem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40638/jerusalem/topic/community