22.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monteith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monteith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement define Monteith, where 22.5% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure and puts the area ahead of most similar places. Local residents are also far more likely to spend significant time on unpaid housework than people across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and 8.4 percentage points higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life for many, as 37.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, which is far above the national figure. While 28.1% care for children unpaid, only 10.1% provide other unpaid care, a rate a little below the state and national levels.
10.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 37.1%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
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 Monteith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40909/monteith/topic/community