23.6% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kapunda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kapunda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Stronger community involvement than most similar areas marks Kapunda, where 23.6% of people volunteer. This level of participation is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer here, a rate well above both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a common unpaid role, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other unpaid care roles are more typical, with 13.5% providing care and 25.0% looking after children, both of which are a little below the national figures.
13.5% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Kapunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40666/kapunda/topic/community