23.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kersbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kersbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others has grown in Kersbrook, where local residents are now far more likely to volunteer and provide care than in most other areas. Nearly a quarter of the community volunteers their time, while 16.2% provide unpaid care to those in need.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.3% of people pitching in. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid support than people in most other areas. This includes 30.1% caring for children and 29.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are well above national and state figures.
16.2% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 3.7% of people in Kersbrook have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Kersbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40684/kersbrook/topic/community