8.1% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ottoway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ottoway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Ottoway, where only 8.1% of people now volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, marking one of the lowest rates of volunteering among similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people in Ottoway volunteer, which is well below both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 23.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national average. Other unpaid work is less common, with those doing 15 or more hours of housework at 16.9%, well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 1.2% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Ottoway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41081/ottoway/topic/community