0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Montarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Montarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Montarra provide unpaid care than in most other similar areas. While very few residents volunteer or have served in the Defence Force, a large number of people spend significant time on housework and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, a figure that is far below both the South Australian (17%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 23.8% of people providing it—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in housework, where 38.1% of people do 15 or more hours a week, though far fewer (14.3%) care for children compared to the rest of Australia.
23.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 38.1%
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 rare in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served, which is well below the South Australian rate 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 Montarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40908/montarra/topic/community