41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nantawarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nantawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 41.5% of people volunteer in Nantawarra, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.5% of residents giving their time. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits 27 percentage points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure, other forms of unpaid work are less common. Those providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most other areas.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Nantawarra has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits well below the South Australian figure 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 Nantawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41009/nantawarra/topic/community