22.0% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mallala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mallala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Mallala have remained strong, with 22.0% of people giving their time to help others. This is well above both the state and national figures, marking the area as a place with a high level of community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with 22.0% of residents contributing their time. This is 5.0 percentage points higher than the South Australian average and 7.9 points above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure of 11.9%. People caring for children unpaid make up 23.7% of the population, slightly below the state average of 26.5%.
12.5% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of the community having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40811/mallala/topic/community