13.0% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morphettville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morphettville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people get involved in unpaid work in Morphettville compared to most similar areas. Only 13.0% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This trend extends to household chores and caregiving, where local rates generally sit below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 13.0%, the rate is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 11.1% of people providing such support. This is consistent with a much lower rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework per week (17.2%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%.
11.1% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the South Australian figure of 3.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Morphettville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40927/morphettville/topic/community