23.4% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mypolonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mypolonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Mypolonga provide unpaid childcare, marking this as a place with very high levels of family and community support. This spirit extends to wider civic life, with a much larger proportion of residents volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 32.0% of people care for children and 28.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the national and state averages. General unpaid care is also a little higher than usual, at 14.3%.
14.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Very few people have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the state average of 3.2%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Mypolonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40996/mypolonga/topic/community