14.6% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keswick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keswick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care and housework in Keswick than in most other areas. While some residents contribute to the community through volunteering or military service, the standout story is the low level of home-based care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.3% of people providing care and 16.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below both the state and national figures.
9.3% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Keswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40685/keswick/topic/community