19.1% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myponga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myponga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Myponga than across the rest of the country. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, with high rates of caregiving and a volunteering rate that sits well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here; 33.4% of people look after children unpaid, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of care is seen across the board, with 15.7% of residents providing general unpaid care and 25.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.7% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher 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 Myponga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40997/myponga/topic/community