11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Karatta and the rest of the country in how people spend their spare time. While 40% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, almost nobody here provides unpaid care for others or volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common, with 40% of residents doing 15 or more hours weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, there are no residents providing unpaid care for others or children, which is far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below South Australia's 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Karatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40667/karatta/topic/community