12.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kuitpo Colony · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kuitpo Colony
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines daily life in Kuitpo Colony, where 15.2% of people provide care for others. While many residents support children or the elderly, very few people here volunteer for community organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This helps explain why unpaid care is generally much higher than most areas, although surprisingly, no one reports doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 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 Kuitpo Colony [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40726/kuitpo-colony/topic/community