10.5% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
O'Sullivan Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in O'Sullivan Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people volunteer in O'Sullivan Beach, where only 10.5% of residents give their time to causes, a figure well below the national average. While community service is low, there is a stronger presence of former Defence Force members compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is handled by 24.2% of residents, which is a little below the national figure. About 13.1% provide other unpaid care, while 21.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate lower than most areas.
13.1% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
A higher share of residents than most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher 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 O'Sullivan Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41062/o-sullivan-beach/topic/community